India

Tennis

Indian sports broadcaster Neo will pay a combined $130,000 (£66,000/ €88,000) a year in the two deals it signed this week for the Women’s Tennis Association Tour and Davis and Fed Cup tennis.
Cricket

Indian television advertising rates hit record high during World Twenty20 Championship final
Football

Football: The English Premier League sold the rights for its internet and mobile clips packages to various companies worldwide for the three years from 2007-08 to 2009-10, bringing in about $40m (£20m/€29m).
Football

English Premier League to receive £74 million over three years from sale of mobile and internet clip rights

Football

Olympics: Hong Kong pay-television broadcaster I-Cable Communications acquired the new media rights for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and all media rights for the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver and…

Lack of national representation or medal hopes and rescheduling of events to suit US audiences hits Asian broadcasters' chances of recouping rights outlay

Boxing

Commonwealth Games: Australian commercial broadcaster Network Ten and pay-operator Foxtel acquired the rights for the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.

Football

Ten Sports present position as India’s most-watched sports channel played a major role in its acquisition of the Indian sub-continent rights for the Champions League.

Cricket

A billion-dollar deal signed last weekend for the Indian cricket board’s new domestic Twenty20 tournament, the India Premier League, could mark a new commercial era for the sport

American Football

Boxing: German public-service broadcaster ARD acquired the rights for a minimum 12 fights a year from Sauerland Promotions in a four-year deal, 2008 to 2011, renewing a previous contract
Cricket

India to be carved out of ICC-IMG deal due next week
Cricket

Goal now has strategic partnerships in three of the five key South and South East Asian markets
Cricket

The Dubai-based Ten Sports channel maintained its audience-share leadership among Indian sports channels in 2007

Cricket

ESPN Star Sports is getting excellent ratings in India for its football World Cup coverage.

Basketball

Tennis: US network NBC and cable broadcaster ESPN are set to acquire the rights for the Wimbledon tournament in two separate four-year deals, 2008 to 2011
Athletics

Motorsport: US motor racing series Nascar finalised a series of eight-year deals worth an overall $4.5bn (£2.6bn/€3.8bn), a 40-per-cent increase on its present deals.

Deal signed this week by the organisers of next year’s Melbourne Commonwealth Games with Indian public-service broadcaster

Hopes new minister may lead to changes in the listed-events legislation now being drafted by parliament.