Indian Subcontinent

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

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

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

Cricket

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

Football: Spanish free-to-air broadcaster Cuatro sublicensed the non-exclusive rights to at least seven matches from the upcoming World Cup from rival broadcaster La Sexta in a deal worth €20m (£14m).

Cricket

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

Broadcaster to help West Indies Cricket Board sell rights elsewhere
Football

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

Cycling

Horseracing: Australian free-to-air broadcaster Nine Network acquired live rights to 13 premier race meetings in 2007 from  the Australian Racing Board, which brokered the deal through TVN, owners of …
Football

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

Changes sought to make rights easier to sell on
American Football

American football:  US network NBC acquired the so-called “network package” of American football’s National Football League rights, the main package of 23 matches per season, paying $600m (£316m/€465m) a year ov…
Cricket

Cricket:  Indian pay-television broadcaster Sony Entertainment Television acquired the international rights to this month’s India v Pakistan tour for $11.5m (£6m/€8.7m).

Cricket

Neo’s high prices created poor relationships with cable operators
Cricket

Cricket:  Indian public-service broadcaster Doordarshan was awarded the domestic rights to the upcoming India v Pakistan series by the Madras High Court, which was ruling on the case brought by Indian broadcaster Zee Telefilms.

Tennis

The International Tennis Federation has signed several television rights deals in Asia for Davis and Fed Cup tennis.

Boxing

Asian Games:  Indian public-service broadcaster Doordarshan acquired the exclusive rights in India for the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, paying $400,000 (£215,000/€313,000), an increase of $50,000 on what it paid for the previous Games.

Football

Olympics:  The Bell Globemedia-Rogers Communications consortium won the Canadian rights to the 2010 and 2012 Olympics