MENA

Football

A planned media auction for the live broadcast rights for the United Arab Emirates’ newly-formed top-tier domestic football league, the Pro League, never got off the ground
Athletics

Olympics: The Asian Broadcasting Union agreed deals in Indonesia for the 2008 Beijing Games with free-to-air broadcaster TVRI and pay-operator Astro.

Cycling

Football: German commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 acquired the free-to-air rights for the Uefa Champions League.

Tennis

A new potential bidder for the Middle East rights for Wimbledon and Australian Open tennis emerged last week.

Football

Football fans in the Middle East have had a battle to access Al Jazeera Sport’s coverage of Euro 2008.

Football

Football: Dutch public-service broadcaster NOS acquired the rights for all 64 matches of football’s 2006 World Cup in a deal with the Infront Sports & Media agency.
Cricket

Indian government approves Pakistan cricket matches, Ten looking at as much as $18m ad revenue

Basketball

Out of court settlement ends Telefónica-Euroleague dispute
Football

Rights are top sports property in SE Asia, and crucial to ESS carriage deals
Cricket

New channels face competition from satellite operators ADD, Showtime, Orbit, and free-to-air MBC
Cricket

Carriage deal with ADD guarantees an immediate source of revenue and minimum fee per subscriber
Basketball

Channel to be broadcast free via satellite throughout Middle East
Badminton

The international badminton federation said this week that it has brought in higher television-rights fees and better worldwide exposure for its top events this year.

Football

Football:  German pay-television broadcaster Premiere acquired the rights for German football’s Bundesliga for the next two seasons paying €355m (£235 million) – €175m for 2004-05 and €180m for 2005-06…
Football

Football:  The Japan Consortium, consisting of public-service broadcaster NHK and commercial networks Fuji TV, NTV, TBS, TV Asahi and TV Tokyo, acquired the rights to football’s 2006 World Cup, paying ¥1…
Football

The Octagon agency, favourites to win the English Premier League’s international rights in the Middle East, was thrown into gloom late last month when parent company Interpublic refused to guarantee i…
Basketball

JCS Sports is challenging Charlton’s $4.5 million deal with Israeli basketball’s Premier League.
Basketball

A series of legal battles and other bitter disputes between the top players in television sport in Israel is creating uncertainty and confusion for Israeli television,