North America
Regulation and lack of risk appetite set to limit Premier League TV fees
Analysts are reining in their forecasts of the value of the next English Premier League live rights deal, on the basis that regulatory intervention and the economic downturn will limit competition.
TV Rights Deals 2: England rugby, swimming, hockey and more
Olympics: Turkish commercial network Fox Turkey acquired the rights for the 2014 and 2016 Olympic Games.
TV Rights Deals 1: Football World Cup, Brazil and more
Football: The African Union of Broadcasters signed a deal with Fifa for the English, French and Portuguese-language television and radio rights to the 2010 World Cup.
TV Rights Deals 2: Major League Baseball, Formula One, Skiiing and more
TV Rights Deals 1: Bulgaria, Champions League, Bundesliga and more
SPORTEL NEWS 1
Scant evidence of the credit crunch affecting the sports rights industry at this week’s Sportel trade fair in Monaco, which attracted record numbers of participants.
TV Rights Deals 2: World Series Athletics, Major League Baseball, Handball and more
Televisa delivers ‘punch with gloves on’ to Univision
US bidders line up after NBC and Phelps strike ratings gold
The IOC is likely to start the US sales process for the 2014 and 2016 rights with present rights-holder NBC’s Beijing success almost certain to guarantee a healthy rise in rights fees.
IAAF in search of rights fee from USA TV
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Olympics, athletics, MotoGP, golf and more
Olympics: The Asian Broadcasting Union agreed deals in Indonesia for the 2008 Beijing Games with free-to-air broadcaster TVRI and pay-operator Astro.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Basketball, ice-hockey, motorsport and more.
Basketball: German commercial broadcaster DSF acquired the live, delayed and highlights rights for the 2009 and 2011 FIBA European Championship and the 2010 FIBA World Championship from the Fédération Internationale de Basketball.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Uefa club football, wrestling, cycling and golf
Football: German commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 acquired the free-to-air rights for the Uefa Champions League.