Japan
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: World Cup, Euro, Copa and other football
New channels drive golf fees in Europe and 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.
Sportfive struggles to recoup fees
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football, basketball, motor sport and others
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.
Mexico holds out against rising tide of Copa TV fees
TV Azteca and Televisa have unofficially agreed not to compete for football
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football, Formula One and GP2 series deals
Women’s golf gets bulk of TV fees from Asia
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: World Cup and national team football, Formula 1
Football: The Dentsu agency acquired the rights in Japan to all Fifa events from 2007 to 2014, including the 2010 and 2014 World Cups, in a deal with world football’s governing body.
Ecclestone gets 20% rise from Japan
New F1 TV deals last beyond key Concorde date
IOC moves to break up regional rights deals
Commercial TV resists NHK move to cut share of costs
NHK attempts to reduce share of costs fiercely resisted
NHK cuts will hit Dentsu
New tennis deals make Asia key revenue source
The International Tennis Federation has signed several television rights deals in Asia for Davis and Fed Cup tennis.