MENA

Tennis
Middle East

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

Football
Asia

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

Football
Asia

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
Asia

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

Basketball
Croatia

Out of court settlement ends Telefónica-Euroleague dispute
Football
Africa

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

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

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

Channel to be broadcast free via satellite throughout Middle East
Badminton
Asia

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
Asia

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
Africa

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
Africa

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
Europe

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

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,

Baseball
Armenia

Cricket: Indian state broadcaster Doordarshan said that it would look to share the rights to Indian cricket if it failed to retain its exclusive contract with the Board of Control for Cricket in India
Football
Africa

Next question: Can leagues and federations manage without the agencies?

American Football
Asia

Ice Hockey: The US National Hockey League signed a two-year deal with the NBC network, with an option to renew for a further two years