MENA

Tennis

MP & Silva pays 50-per-cent increase for French Open rights and gives free-to-air coverage guarantees
Football

Football: German public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF renewed their rights for the home matches of the men’s national team, women’s national team, men’s domestic league third-tier (3. Liga
Football

England's Football League touting global rights for $60 million over three seasons amidst sceptism from market experts
Athletics

Lagardère restructure plans prompt key staff departures...UFC targets Asian expansion...Mediapro moves on Portugal...ITV beats BBC-IMG
Football

Al Jazeera makes aggressive move to get into sports-rights business
Athletics

Athletics: Australian public-service broadcaster SBS acquired the rights for the 2011 IAAF World Championships in a deal with the Dentsu agency
Ice Hockey

NHL exploring several innovations to increase rights fees in Europe, Africa and the Middle East
Tennis

Tennis: The IMG agency agreed a four-year deal, from 2013 to 2016, to advise on the distribution of the media rights for the US Open in Europe, the Middle East, Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan) and Australia,…
Football

League rights spotlight on France's Ligue 1

Football

League rights spotlight on Germany's Bundesliga

Football

League rights spotlight on Spain's La Liga

Football

English Football Association secures fee increase in Middle East, but did it include England qualifiers previously thought to be centralised?
Athletics

Athletics: The IEC in Sports agency agreed deals with free-to-air broadcasters in five European countries for the rights for the World Athletics Series from 2011 to 2013, including the athletics World…
Football

Football: Middle Eastern pay-television broadcaster Al Jazeera agreed a four-year deal, from 2012-13 to 2015-16, worth over $30m (€21m), for English Football Association rights in a deal brokered by t…
Rugby League

Rugby League: Pan-regional broadcaster Setanta Asia acquired rights for the Australian National Rugby League’s Premiership and State of Origin competitions in a two-year deal, covering 2011 and 2012, w…
Mixed Martial Arts

Mixed Martial Arts: Canadian channel The Fight Network acquired the English-language broadcast rights in a multi-year deal for kick-boxing promotion It’s Showtime.
Boxing

Boxing: New Zealand state broadcaster Māori Television acquired the exclusive rights to show the heavyweight boxing clash between David Tua and Demetrius King on March 19.
Darts

Darts: UK pay-television broadcaster BSkyB acquired the rights for Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) Grand Slam of Darts in a three-year deal, from 2011 to 2013, with the PDC