Indian Subcontinent
Bangladesh Cricket Board secures global deal with Gazi TV
Pay-television broadcaster Gazi TV has acquired the Bangladesh Cricket Board’s worldwide media rights in a six-year deal through April 2020 worth $20.02m (€14.4m).
Ten Sports snaps up DFB Cup rights
Pay-television broadcaster Ten Sports, which operates in the Indian subcontinent, has acquired rights for the DFB Cup club football tournament in Germany.
Ten Sports deal broadens A-League’s global reach
Pay-television broadcaster Ten Sports, which operates in the Indian subcontinent, has acquired rights to Australia’s A-League and FFA Cup club football competitions for the next three seasons.
Bangladesh Cricket Board launches global rights tender
The Bangladesh Cricket Board has issued a tender for its worldwide media rights across a six-year period spanning May 1, 2014 to April 30, 2020.
NexGTv renews live streaming rights for IPL
Times Internet, the online and mobile arm of Indian publishing company Times Group, has sublicensed live mobile streaming rights for the 2014 season of the Indian Premier League Twenty20 cricket tournament to Indian media company NexGTv.
ICC looks to double its money to cement contested overhaul
The ICC’s ambitious income target for its next cycle of media rights sales
Sony Six flying high with Red Bull Air Race deal
Indian sports and entertainment pay-television channel Sony Six has acquired exclusive rights to the Red Bull Air Race World Championship.
DNAP takes Red Bull Media House content to Indian subcontinent
The Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific division of US media and entertainment company Discovery Communications has agreed a content partnership with the Red Bull Media House media company.
Sony Six serves up rights to badminton tournament
Indian sports and entertainment pay-television channel Sony Six has acquired the exclusive rights to the 2014 India Open badminton tournament.
Ten sees off Nimbus for Sri Lanka rights but global value falls
Sri Lanka cricket drops in value
Neo Sports opts to take distribution in-house
Neo Sports Broadcast, a division of the Nimbus Communications agency, has elected to take the distribution of its Neo Sports and Neo Prime pay-television channels in-house.
Live broadcast reach doubles for UCI Track World Championships
The International Cycling Union (UCI) and media partner the Infront Sports & Media agency have announced that the 2014 Track World Championships will be broadcast live to more than 100 territories around the world, including for the first time in India and Malaysia.
Exclusive: BSkyB snaps up IPL and Sri Lanka cricket rights
UK pay-television broadcaster BSkyB has snatched the rights to cricket’s Indian Premier League, TV Sports Markets understands, beating off competition from rival pay-television operator BT and commercial broadcaster ITV, the UK rights-holder for the last four seasons.
Sony Six’s January spending spree
In the increasingly competitive Indian pay-television market, Sony Six has begun 2014 on the front foot, snapping up prestigious properties in cricket, football, tennis and rugby...
Australian Open leaps in hot Asian pay-TV markets
Australian Open enjoys boom in media-rights value in two new Asian deals
Prasana Krishnan, head of business, Sony Six
Interview with Prasana Krishnan, head of business at Sony Six, on the broadcaster’s acquisition of the rights to the 2014 and 2018 Fifa World Cups
Sony Six snaps up Six Nations rights
Indian sports and entertainment pay-television channel Sony Six has acquired exclusive media rights for the Six Nations international rugby union tournament.
MP & Silva set to distribute rights to new tennis league
The MP & Silva agency has acquired the global broadcast rights to the new International Premier Tennis League tournament, according to organisers of the event.