Japan

Football

Football: German public-service broadcasters ARD/ZDF acquired the rights for German national team-matches and first-pick matches of the DFB Cup knockout competition in a three-year deal from 2009-10 to…
Football

Football:  The Japan Consortium, consisting of public-service broadcaster NHK and commercial networks Fuji TV, NTV, TBS, TV Asahi and TV Tokyo, acquired the rights to football’s 2006 World Cup, paying ¥1…
Football

Main risks for broadcasters are unfavourable timezone and national team potentially failing to qualify

The acquisition by Dentsu of a stake in the Asian agency World Sport Group will give the Japanese advertising and sports agency a much sounder foothold in Asia.

Football

The bidders and the winners in South-East Asia
Football

Rights revenue increases 141 per cent on last round of Asian deals
Football

Broadcasters able to outgun the agencies in head-to-head competition, helping the Premier League bring in hugely increased revenue
Football

Next question: Can leagues and federations manage without the agencies?

American Football

Football: English football’s Premier League began the sales for its next round of international television rights, covering the three-year period from 2004-05 to 2006-07). 

Bid could be critical for IOC chance's of improving value of rights
Football

Rights sales process up and running with auctions in different territories
Baseball

Football: Irish pay-per-view broad-caster Setanta signed a four-year, £35m (€52m) deal with the Scottish Premier League.  The deal will run from 2004-05 to 2007-08.  Se
Baseball

Five-year deal, four different broadcasters, three times the previous rights fee

Ecclestone desire for more races in Asia will hit audiences in Europe, which is still the biggest television rights revenue generator

Room for "tremedous growth" in Olympic coverage in Asian markets

But IOC are "waiting for the Japanese economy to come out of the doldrums"
Basketball

Football: German public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF acquired the rights for up to 49 matches in football’s 2006 World Cup from Swiss agency Infront Sports & Media.

Hockey

The revival of the India-Pakistan hockey test series after an interval of five years has attracted high television interest.