Indian Subcontinent
India defeats could hit BCCI rights fees in new tender
The Board of Control for Cricket in India may have to sell rights for the India national team for a lower price following the team’s poor performances in its ongoing tour of Australia, a senior official t…
Indian rights boom hits ceiling as saturation reached
Saturation effect puts brake on Indian cricket rights boom
ESS gets more content as rights fee remains flat
ESS gets more Australia cricket for its dollar in five-year deal
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: American football, athletics, hockey, handball and more
American Football: The NFL Network, the pay-television broadcaster owned by the NFL, agreed a content deal with Outcast, operators of a petrol station digital TV network with 12,000 screens in stations…
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football: Fifa World Cup, South Asian Championship and more
Football: The ISM agency acquired the rights in Indonesia to the 2014 Fifa World Cup in a deal worth $55m (€40m). ISM sold the rights to the Bakrie Group for about $60m (page 9).
Euro 2012 deal agreed in Myanmar
The Sportfive agency agreed a rights deal in Myanmar for this summer’s Uefa Euro 2012 football tournament with state-owned broadcaster S Media.
OneAlliance axes Neo
Indian pay-television distribution company TheOneAlliance terminated its agreement to distribute the Neo Sports pay-television channels, citing the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s cancellation l…
PTV to launch sports channel
Pakistani public-service broadcaster PTV will launch a dedicated sports channel this month in a move it says is designed to encourage the country’s youngsters to take up sport, and which is also expected t…
Ten Sports acquires ICC rights
Asian pay-television broadcaster Ten Sports acquired rights in Pakistan for a package of International Cricket Council events in a four-year sublicensing deal with Pakistani state broadcaster PTV, from…
Nimbus focused on resolving BCCI dispute
The Nimbus Communications agency said it had complied with the terms of its broadcast rights deal with the Board of Control for Cricket in India and was focused on resolving its differences with the national…
BCCI cancels Nimbus broadcast partnership
The Board of Control for Cricket in India cancelled its broadcast rights partnership with Nimbus Communications after accusing the agency of failing to pay rights fees on time
Start of World Series Hockey delayed
World Series Hockey organisers postponed the start of the inaugural event until February 2012 after Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) president RK Shetty accused national governing body Hockey India of using…
Horse racing programming venture launched
Indian media company Bennett Coleman Group and sports and leisure management company Procam International launched a joint venture programming brand called R1, which will aim to transform the image of…
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 3: Golf, hockey, lacrosse, MMA, motorsport, rugby and more
Golf: UK pay-television broadcaster ESPN acquired exclusive rights for the 2011 Australian PGA Championship and 2011 Australian Open in a deal with the World Sport Group agency
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2:Basketball, boxing, BCCI cricket, BDO darts and more
Basketball: The MP & Silva agency brokered several deals for the Spanish league, the ACB, beginning this season
Lagardère changes strategy to deal with sports ‘black hole’
Mounting losses force major strategy change at Lagardère. Agency has 'changed its DNA'
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Basketball, cricket, golf, ice hockey, Olympics and more
Basketball: UK pay-television channel ESPN extended its rights for the Euroleague to cover the 2011-12 season in a deal with the league
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football: World Cup, Euros, Spanish national team and more
Football: Fifa, football’s world governing body, agreed deals in the US, Canada, selected territories in Asia and Australia for its events covering the period 2015 to 2022 (see story this issue).