Japan
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
Football: The English Premier League sold the rights for its internet and mobile clips packages to various companies worldwide for the three years from 2007-08 to 2009-10, bringing in about $40m (£20m/€29m).
Serie A the latest victim of colluding Japanese market
Top value Serie A rights sold in one-year deals - total rights fee looks set to fall
Ad growth drives new media
English Premier League to receive £74 million over three years from sale of mobile and internet clip rights
Scottish league profits from agency ambitions
Sportfive fights off strong competition to win international rights for 2008-09 to 2009-10
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Euro 2008, Danish, Irish and French football
Football: Japanese pay-operator Wowow and commercial broadcaster TBS acquired the rights for all 31 matches of Euro 2008 in a deal brokered by the Sportfive agency on behalf of Uefa
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: European football, badminton, more tennis
Football: Spanish agency Mediapro signed a deal worth close to €100m (£68m) per season from 2009-10 to 2013-14, for the television rights of the G-30, the group of 25 first and second division Liga fo…
Sportfive to make money back in difficult Japan
Several deals for English Premier League rights imminent
African deal brings up $3bn for IOC
Latest deal, with South Africa's SABC for 2010 and 2012 Olympics, worth $18 million
French, German league football will top 2008 list
A new deal for French Ligue 1 football is likely to be the biggest television-rights deal of 2008
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Tennis, Olympics, football, hockey and more
Tennis: US network NBC and cable broadcaster ESPN are set to acquire the rights for the Wimbledon tournament in two separate four-year deals, 2008 to 2011
Golf major in trouble as Japanese TV loses patience
Falling ratings, bad timezone, no Japanese stars lead to no interest in US PGA Championship among Japanese broadcasters
Japanese TV refuses to pay IOC’s 60% rise
Consortium of Japanese broadcasters unwilling to pay more for loss-making content
Channels battle over who pays what for Olympics
Japan’s five main commercial broadcasters have agreed to pay a bigger share of the country’s television rights fees for the winter Olympics
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Ice Hockey, golf, cricket, basketball, sailing
Ice hockey: Nordic pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus acquired the live pay-television and pay-per-view rights for the Swedish Elitserien, the country’s top-tier league, from the Svenska Hockeyligan in a four-year deal, 2006-07 to 2009-10
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Figure-skating, basketball, baseball and more
Figure Skating: US network NBC acquired the rights for US figure skating in a three-year deal with the US Figure Skating Association, covering the national championships and the international Skate America…
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: European, Latin American football, tennis
Football: Pay-operator Premiere acquired the Austrian pay-television rights for the top two domestic leagues, the Bundesliga and the Zac Erste division, in a three-year deal from 2007-08 to 2009-10
Japanese TV told to double fee
Japanese commercial broadcaster TV Asahi is being asked to pay at least twice as much to extend its present deal for the rights for the Asian Football Confederation