Middle East

Football
Middle East

A bidding war between Arab Radio and Television and Orbit has resulted in an eight-fold increase in television rights fees for Saudi Arabia’s domestic football league.

Cricket
Africa

African football revenue sharing, Digitürk spoiler, legal challenge to funding of Brazil's Record, CSI drops cricket commission rate
Football
Brazil

Nordic alliances, Royal League dead, bid for Israel's Sports Channel, Record Canadian Audiences for English Premier League
Football
Asia

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. 
American Football
Europe

Football: Spanish agency Mediapro made a seven-year offer worth €1.19bn (£815m), or €170m a season, for the television rights to Spanish Primera Liga club Real Madrid covering the seasons from 2008-09 to 2014-15.

Football
Europe

The Israeli Football Association generated a good increase in television-rights fees for the domestic football league.

Football
Israel

Rights-seller Pitch International would prefer to see the match go untelevised rather than set a “dangerous precedent” of accepting a poor offer
American Football
Africa

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
Africa

Platform-specific packages aimed at pitting broadcasters against mobile and internet operators for new media rights
Football
Kuwait

Middle-East pay-broadcaster on course to break-even after adding 35,000 new subscribers in a month
Football
Africa

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

Football
Africa

Olympics: Hong Kong pay-television broadcaster I-Cable Communications acquired the new media rights for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and all media rights for the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver and…
Air Racing
Asia

Cricket: Pan-Asian broadcaster ESPN Star Sports agreed sublicensing deals for the Twenty20 world championships, held in South Africa in September, with DirecTV (North America), Geo TV (Pakistan), Ten Sports…
Cycling
Belgium

Cycling: French public-service broadcaster France Télévisions renewed its deal for the Tour de France.

Football
Belgium

The Sportfive agency has agreed deals for Euro 2008 in Israel and Flemish-speaking Belgium
Cricket
Africa

Deals signed in North America, Pakistan, Middle East, Caribbean; deal in South Africa close
Golf
Middle East

The Dubai Sports Channel is set to win the rights for the 2009 Gulf Cup
Cricket
Australia

India to be carved out of ICC-IMG deal due next week