India
FASTRACK
ICC next in line for India TV windfall
The International Cricket Council will be among the first rights-holders to benefit from the increased competition in the Indian television market.
Nimbus plan creates sticky wicket for Indian TV players
Nimbus Communications, which paid a record fee for worldwide television rights to Indian cricket, is to use the rights to launch its own South Asian sports channel.
Nimbus gets good worldwide fees for India cricket
The Nimbus Sport agency looks set to make a profit on the international rights for Indian cricket.
TV RIGHTS CLIP 1: Football, Olympics, motor racing and others
Football: Italian broadcaster Mediaset acquired the broadcast rights across any medium to top Serie A club Inter Milan in a two-year deal worth €200m (£137m), covering the 2007-08 and 2008-09 seasons.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: ICC, World Cup and Euro football and more
Cricket: Pan-Asian broadcaster ESPN Star Sports acquired the worldwide rights for International Cricket Council events from September 2007 through to 2015.
Euro 2008 set to bring in $100m outside Europe
Uefa, European football’s governing body, is on course to bring in about £51 million for the 2008 European Championship outside Europe.
The deal that ESS had to win
Pan-Asian broadcaster ESPN Star Sports has won the rights for cricket’s next two World Cups.
Indian fees soar as ESS bids against ghosts
ESPN Star Sports won the Premier League rights in the Indian sub-continent by a large margin.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Bobsleigh, cricket, horseracing and more
But $1bn may be hard for ICC
The ICC is struggling to generate the same intensity of bidding for its television rights as that seen for Indian cricket earlier this year.
Twenty20 on sale but who’s playing?
SPORTEL TALK
Bill Sinrich, the former top IMG executive, could be on the verge of a spectacular re-entry into the industry.
Indian strategies will be key to ICC rights sales
The ICC is expecting fees of up to $1 billion (£535 million/€790 million) for its next television and new-media rights deal.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Japanese and other football, golf and tennis
Football: Japanese pay-television operator J Sports acquired the rights to Japan’s top-tier J-League in a five-year deal from 2007 to 2011.
Murdoch’s Indian TV deal could herald ESS break-up
The deal agreed by Star Television to distribute the sports channels of the Nimbus agency could herald the death of ESPN Star Sports.
India cricket may have to wait for mobile millions
The Board of Control for Cricket in India hopes that the sale of its worldwide mobile rights will land it another financial windfall.