Japan

Basketball
Asia

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
Asia

Falling ratings, bad timezone, no Japanese stars lead to no interest in US PGA Championship among Japanese broadcasters
Asia

Consortium of Japanese broadcasters unwilling to pay more for loss-making content
Asia

Japan’s five main commercial broadcasters have agreed to pay a bigger share of the country’s television rights fees for the winter Olympics
Cricket
France

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

American Football
Asia

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…
Football
Asia

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
Football
Asia

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
Football
Asia

Brazilian and Argentinian world tour friendly matches sold to Japan Sports Marketing
Football
Asia

IMG, recenlty on the acquisition trail itself, could be a future target for French media group
Asia

The International Olympic Committee has enraged broadcasters worldwide by considering extensive changes to the scheduling of events at the Beijing Olympics.

Cricket
Asia

Tennis: Asian broadcaster Ten Sports sublicensed coverage of the finals of this year’s French Open tournament to rival pay-operator Zee Sports.

Football
Asia

Football: German public-service broadcasters ARD/ZDF acquired the live and delayed rights for all 64 matches of the 2014 World Cup from Fifa, football’s world governing body. 
Golf
Asia

Pay-television newcomers Setanta in the UK and Arena in Germany are bidding strongly for US golf rights against the established pay-operators in their countries.

Football
Asia

Premier League: the bidding, the struggle, the deadlock
Baseball
Asia

Football: French commercial broad-caster TF1 agreed a deal with the Infront agency for the pay-television rights for the 2006 World Cup and sublicensed them to pay-broadcaster Canal Plus and its own cable and satellite channel Eurosport.

Football
Argentina

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

Football
Japan

Football:  UK pay-operator British Sky Broadcasting is set to acquire the rights to the English Football League’s Championship, lower divisions and the League Cup in a four-year deal worth at least £3…