Indian Subcontinent

Athletics
Africa

Athletics: Channel 4, the UK commercial broadcaster, acquired the rights for the 2011 and 2013 World Championships in a three-year deal with the IEC in Sports agency
Football
Asia

Football: The Sportfive agency was appointed by Uefa as its exclusive media rights sales agency for Euro 2012 in a number of markets in Asia and Oceania
Cricket
Asia

The change poses a risk for ESPN Star Sports, which is concerned about the value of its billion-dollar deal with the ICC.
Cricket
Africa

Tiger comeback helps keep BBC on the fairway ... IMG banks on City growth ... Zee reworks cricket equation
Cricket
Asia

Football: Romanian telecoms operator Romtelecom acquired the rights for eight live World Cup group stage matches and delayed rights for 44 other games in a deal with public-service broadcaster TVR, paying…
Cricket
Asia

Nimbus Communications believes launching its channel in new markets will be more lucrative than selling Indian cricket rights into those countries.
Rugby Union
Asia

Sky tempted by 2015 World Cup ... Neo turns down ESS for Sony ... Premier League drops Win TV.
Cricket
Asia

O'Brien comes out fighting over IPL ... Sportklub looks for elbow room ... Canal Plus to hold Wimbledon

Baseball
Asia

Asian Games: Indian cable and satellite broadcaster Zee acquired the cable and satellite rights for the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou in a deal with the Dentsu agency
Football
Africa

Football: The Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) acquired the rights for the 2010 Fifa World Cup in six countries - Uzbekistan, Laos, Kyrgyzstan, Timor Leste, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan – in a deal w…
Football
Asia

TVE fights to keep hold of Masters ... Rally wants more UK exposure; Zee spree for Ten Action ... Lega looks for Coppa bidders.

Football
Africa

Sportfive, hit by recent rights and personnel losses, is set to regain its "calling card" in Asia.

Football
Albania

Football: Nepalese media buying agency Media Hub Private Limited acquired the rights in Nepal for the 2010 Fifa World Cup in a deal with ESPN Star Sports
Basketball
Asia

Basketball: Euroleague Basketball agreed deals in the UK, China and Iceland for the 2010 Final Four
Cricket
Asia

News round-up, Vol 14 Issue 6

Athletics
Africa

Athletics: African pay-operator SuperSport acquired non-exclusive rights for all events in the IAAF’s World Athletics Series in sub-Saharan Africa, including South Africa, in a four-year deal from 2010 t…
Cricket
Asia

“We want eyeballs and that's what matters to us foremost. You can't get bigger and better than our strategy. People all over the world ask me where can we watch IPL - now I can always say - you can watch it on You Tube." - Lalit Modi.

Cricket
Asia

Cricket: Entertainment Sports & Direct acquired the theatrical rights for the Indian Premier League in a 10-year deal from 2010 to 2019, paying Rs3.3 bn ($70m)