Malaysia

Cricket

Rugby League: UK pay-broadcaster BSkyB and public-service broadcaster the BBC acquired the rights for the top-tier Super League, the second-tier National League, international matches and the Challenge…
Cricket

Football: Dutch commercial broadcaster Talpa acquired the rights to domestic knockout competition the KNVB Cup in a four-year deal with the Dutch football Association, KNVB.

Bobsleigh/skeleton

Football: The English Premier League signed deals in Asia, Australia and North America for its live rights for the three seasons from 2007-08 to 2009-10
Football

Pan-Asian broadcaster ESPN Star Sports will have to adapt to a very different world after the latest round of bidding for English football’s Premier League rights.

Football

English football’s Premier League began its international audiovisual rights sales in dramatic style with massive first-round awards in three of its most competitive markets.

Boxing

Football: The England Football Association agreed deals for its international rights covering the fouryear period from 2008-09 to 2011-12, bringing in worldwide revenues of over $300m (£144m/€207m) - …
Basketball

Football: Middle-East broadcaster Al Jazeera Sport acquired the rights for European club competitions the Champions League and the Uefa Cup in three-year deals worth a combined $200m (£102m/ €136m). 
Badminton

World Wrestling Entertainment takes its Asian television rights sales in-house
Football

Football: The German football league, the Deutsche Fussball-Liga, agreed a deal with Leo Kirch that guarantees the 36 Bundesliga clubs a minimum of €575m a season for the six years from 2009-10 to 2014-15. 
Football

Sportfive has agreed deals in key South East Asian markets, including Malaysia and Indonesia
Football

Asian fees alone likely to exceed £40 million
Cricket

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Football

Singapore, Malaysia and the Indian sub-continent and likely to be the next Asian territories to sign television rights deals for football’s World Cup

American Football

Athletics: The Dentsu agency signed a 10-year, €180m (£122m) deal with the International Association of Athletics Federations for the worldwide marketing rights and worldwide television rights outside Eu…
Football

English Premier League to receive £74 million over three years from sale of mobile and internet clip rights

Lack of national representation or medal hopes and rescheduling of events to suit US audiences hits Asian broadcasters' chances of recouping rights outlay

Cricket

Goal now has strategic partnerships in three of the five key South and South East Asian markets
Basketball

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