Middle East
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Football, American football, basketball, ice hockey and more
Football: Chinese state broadcaster CCTV acquired the rights to China’s international football teams for three-and-a-half years, from July 23 until the end of 2014, from the Chinese Football Association’s com…
Fastrack: Issue 15:13
EBU’s Euro 2012 subsidiary in talks ... IAAF still needs to close big deals ... More increases for Uefa
New tournament has big teams but not the star players
New Brazil-Argentina event will not have all the top players
Football League takes tough stance on fee guarantees
Football League takes its time to make sure of guarantees
MTG’s Viasat and Al Jazeera cast long shadow over ESPN
NHL rights lost to Medge/AMI. Orange Sport deal fallen through. Shadows over ESPN
Big increase for NHL but it ‘could have been bigger’
Five-year deal helps NHL to big increase but 'it could have made more,' one bidder says
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 4: MMA, Olympics, skiing, table tennis, wrestling and more
Mixed Martial Arts: Fight sports programme distributors, Fighting Spirit, agreed a deal from June until the end of 2012 with mixed martial arts promotion M-1 Global in Africa, Europe and the Middle East…
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Champions League, La Liga, Bundesliga, Tippeliga and more
Football: Israeli pay-television broadcaster Charlton acquired the rights for Euro 2012 in a deal with Uefa
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Ligue 1, Liga 1, Champions League, Euro 2012 and more
Football: France’s football league, the Ligue de Football Professionnel, sold the domestic rights to the top division, Ligue 1, for four years, 2012-13 to 2015-16, to pay-television operator Canal Plus a…
DFL on the way towards target for international rights
Bundesliga achieves rights fees increases taking it closer to €50 million target
Al Jazeera’s French Challenge
Al Jazeera rides to the rescue but doubts remain
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 3: American football, badminton, boxing, cricket, golf and more
American football: US sports broadcaster ESPN agreed an eight-year extension to its rights deal with the NFL for Monday night matches, worth $15.2bn (€10.95bn).
EBU loses on free-to-air promises
MP & Silva pays 50-per-cent increase for French Open rights and gives free-to-air coverage guarantees
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Football: German national team, Ligue 1, La Liga, pre-season
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
League sets high reserve price but talks to everyone
England's Football League touting global rights for $60 million over three seasons amidst sceptism from market experts
Fastrack: Issue 15:10
Lagardère restructure plans prompt key staff departures...UFC targets Asian expansion...Mediapro moves on Portugal...ITV beats BBC-IMG
French deal the first step in Al Jazeera’s global strategy
Al Jazeera makes aggressive move to get into sports-rights business
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 3: IAAF events, Aussie Rules, boxing, equestrianism, golf
Athletics: Australian public-service broadcaster SBS acquired the rights for the 2011 IAAF World Championships in a deal with the Dentsu agency