Latin America

Baseball
Central America

Baseball: America’s Major League Baseball signed seven-year deals with US national network Fox, extending its present contract but for a reduced amount of coverage, and with cable network TBS for a package of Sunday and post-season games.

Football
Africa

Football: Italian public-service broadcaster Rai agreed a deal with the Sportfive agency for the rights to football’s Euro 2008 tournament.
Brazil

Brazil’s only free-to-air sports channel, TV Esporte Interativo, is seeking financial investment
Football
Australia

Television viewing for the 2006 World Cup in Germany smashed viewing records in several countries in Europe and elsewhere.

American Football
Brazil

Boxing: German public-service broadcaster ARD acquired the rights for a minimum 12 fights a year from Sauerland Promotions in a four-year deal, 2008 to 2011, renewing a previous contract
Basketball
Argentina

Golf: UK pay-broadcaster Setanta acquired the rights to the US PGA Tour in a six-year deal, from 2007 to 2012.

Badminton
Asia

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…
Football
Argentina

The 2006 World Cup in Germany is on course to break television viewing records.

Baseball
Argentina

The NBA’s renewal of its domestic television rights deals was the largest broadcast rights deal agreed in 2007

Football
Australia

Formula One: Formula One Management signed new deals in four of the sport’s major markets, renewing deals in Italy with public-service broadcaster Rai, in Brazil with TV Globo, in Australia with Channel Ten and in Russia signing a deal with a new partner, the RTL-owned Ren TV
Australia

Formula One has signed long-term deals in four major markets – Italy, Brazil, Australia and Russia – securing rights-fee increases across the board.
Football
Africa

Football: African pay-television broadcaster Supersport acquired the rights for the South African Premier Soccer League, the country’s top-tier football league, in a five-year deal, 2007-08 to 2011-12, w…
Football
Central America

Italian football declining in popularity in the UK
Football
Brazil

Football: German pay-broadcaster Premiere acquired exclusive rights for the Champions League in a three-year deal from 2006-07 to 2008-09

Basketball
Argentina

Football: Jamaican commercial broadcaster CVM TV sublicensed rights for the 2010 and 2014 World Cup competitions from Caribbean sports cable operator SportsMax
Football
Chile

Domestic league does not control its own rights, and pay-TV coverage is pushing fans towards free-to-air European football
Football
Argentina

Torneos and Clarín give in to demand for big fee increase
Football
Brazil

Bid of over R$500 million per season bid a possibility as Record prepares to launch new sports channel