India

Three Asian cricket deals renegotiated in a week

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

Indian sports fans face a stark choice next summer

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

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

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

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

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). 

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). 

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

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

The next television rights tender for Indian cricket is likely to be delayed

Broadcaster to help West Indies Cricket Board sell rights elsewhere

TV Azteca and Televisa have unofficially agreed not to compete for football

Competition between PCCW and i-Cable results in near-tripling of rights fees

Changes sought to make rights easier to sell on