India

Cricket
Asia

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

Basketball
Asia

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
Denmark

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.
Asia

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

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

Skiing: Swiss public-service broadcaster SRG SSR acquired the rights for Swiss World Cup events in a four-year deal, 2007-08 to 2010-11, with the Swiss ski federation
American Football
Asia

American Football: Canadian commercial broadcaster CTV and cable sports broadcaster Rogers Sportsnet acquired the Canadian rights to NFL football for the three years from 2008 to 2010, paying a combined…
Cricket
Asia

Three Asian cricket deals renegotiated in a week

Cricket
France

Formula One: French commercial broadcaster TF1 renewed its deal for Formula One, paying a significant increase.

Cricket
Asia

Indian sports fans face a stark choice next summer
Cricket
Croatia

Football: Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset acquired Serie A highlights rights in a three-year deal

Cricket
Asia

The Board of Control for Cricket in India will issue another controversial television-rights tender next week.
Cricket
Asia

Asian cricket supremo Jagmohan Dalmiya agreed a deal for the rights for a new annual Afro-Asia Cup competition with Nimbus Sport,
Cricket
Asia

The Indian government is to push through listed-events legislation that will have a major impact on the country’s sports broadcasters
Asia

Bernie Ecclestone signed a five-year deal with pan-Asian broadcaster ESPN Star Sports for pay rights for Formula One throughout Asia, except Japan and China, worth $18 million (£10.4 million/€15.1 million). 
Boxing
Germany

Horseracing:  UK commercial broadcaster Channel 4 signed a one-year deal to continue its horseracing coverage in 2006 after the horseracing and betting industries agreed to pay the channel £4.95m (€7.4m). 

Cricket
Asia

90-day period of exclusive talks for England & Wales, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Zimbabwe rights exhausted

Cricket
Asia

Pan-Asian broadcaster in tough talks over continued distribution of its channels in Thailand, following loss of English Premier League football rights to UBC