Middle East
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Olympics, Fifa, Italian, Brazilian, English football
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…
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Cricket, ice-skating, basketball, tennis and more
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…
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Tour de France, Euro 2008, African Cup of Nations
Cycling: French public-service broadcaster France Télévisions renewed its deal for the Tour de France.
Sportfive signs up Israel, Belgium
The Sportfive agency has agreed deals for Euro 2008 in Israel and Flemish-speaking Belgium
ESS eyes up Twenty20 deals
Deals signed in North America, Pakistan, Middle East, Caribbean; deal in South Africa close
Dubai Sports set to win Gulf Cup
The Dubai Sports Channel is set to win the rights for the 2009 Gulf Cup
ICC waits on Indian ruling
India to be carved out of ICC-IMG deal due next week
Goal TV emerges as new challenger to dominant ESS
Goal now has strategic partnerships in three of the five key South and South East Asian markets
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Tennis, Olympics, football, hockey and more
Tennis: US network NBC and cable broadcaster ESPN are set to acquire the rights for the Wimbledon tournament in two separate four-year deals, 2008 to 2011
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Formula One, football, others
Formula One: Formula One Management signed new deals in four of the sport’s major markets, renewing deals in Italy with public-service broadcaster Rai, in Brazil with TV Globo, in Australia with Channel Ten and in Russia signing a deal with a new partner, the RTL-owned Ren TV
Charlton turns up heat in landmark cable channel deal
Israeli pay-per-view company Charlton has won another battle in the war with the Sport 5 pay-channels
Sport 5 holds off Charlton to renew Euro-Cup rights
Israeli pay-broadcaster Sport 5 is set to sign a deal for the Champions League rights from 2006-07
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football, cricket, tennis, motorcycling and more
Football: Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset acquired Serie A highlights rights in a three-year deal
TV deals for top league have get-out options
The Israeli Football Association has agreed three deals for the rights for the Israeli Premier League starting in the forthcoming season
Why World Cup rights will be a hard sell in Israel
Israeli pay-per-view company and agency Charlton has started talks with companies in the Israeli market
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football and basketball
Football: Jamaican commercial broadcaster CVM TV sublicensed rights for the 2010 and 2014 World Cup competitions from Caribbean sports cable operator SportsMax
Top football deal fuels Israeli sports channel battle
New rights an enticement for Sports Channel subscribers to switch to Charlton
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: European, Latin American football, tennis
Football: Pay-operator Premiere acquired the Austrian pay-television rights for the top two domestic leagues, the Bundesliga and the Zac Erste division, in a three-year deal from 2007-08 to 2009-10