Japan
Total Sports hit again as Sportfive spree continues
Agencies face hard FA sales
International rights split between several agencies - revenue increases 275 per cent
TV RIGHTS CLIPS: football, cricket, F1, MotoGP, golf and others
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football – World Cup, Serie A and others
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Japanese and other football, golf and tennis
Football: Japanese pay-television operator J Sports acquired the rights to Japan’s top-tier J-League in a five-year deal from 2007 to 2011.
J-League holds on to fees, but gets less free-to-air
Japanese professional football’s J-League has agreed a new television-rights deal with a new broadcaster.
La Liga is No.2 worldwide league – if only for now
International rights sales for Spanish football’s La Liga are likely to bring in more than €100 million a year.
Total Sports Asia insists there is life after WWE
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Six Nations, Formula One, golf, basketball, cricket
World Cup viewing falls. India needed better reach, Russia needed to qualify
The 2006 football World Cup attracted average audiences in India of 976,000 viewers per match.
Asia fees up despite ‘Eurocentric’ Uefa
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Euro 2008 host country deal and other football
Reality TV gives skating federation much-needed lift
Ambitious Silva wants to be in agency elite in three years
Serie A fees rise, but big jump must wait for next time
MP & Silva, Sportfive and Rai Trade agencies estimated to have brought in about €100 million overall for 2007-08 season
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Premier League, Serie A football, Formula One
Serie A the latest victim of colluding Japanese market
Ad growth drives new media
English Premier League to receive £74 million over three years from sale of mobile and internet clip rights