Oceania

Football
Africa

Football: Chinese state broadcaster CCTV acquired the rights for all Fifa events between now and 2014, including the 2010 and 2014 World Cups, in a deal worth about $125m (€83m).
Cricket
Asia

Cricket: Entertainment Sports & Direct acquired the theatrical rights for the Indian Premier League in a 10-year deal from 2010 to 2019, paying Rs3.3 bn ($70m)
Baseball
Asia

Baseball: Chinese broadcasters Shenzhen TV, Jiangsu TV and Beijing TV acquired packages of rights for Major League Baseball matches in 2009 and 2010 in deals with Major League Baseball International,…
New Zealand

TVNZ’s deal for next year's Commonwealth Games in Delhi has become a high-profile victim to the deteriorating economic climate.
American Football
Asia

American Football: US television network NBC extended its deal for National Football League (NFL) matches until 2013 in a two-year deal, paying an estimated two-per-cent annual increase on its existing…
Australia

Network Ten said that its new sports channel, one of a rare breed of free-to-air sports channels, is doing better than expected in the three and a half months since its April launch.
American Football
Australia

American Football: The IMG agency agreed a deal to distribute the television rights of the National Football League in certain international territories in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America…
Basketball
Asia

Basketball: Italian pay-broadcaster Sky Italia acquired the exclusive live rights for the top-tier domestic Serie A league in a two-year deal with Lega Basket, paying €5.4m ($7.6m).
Athletics
Africa

Asian Games: Chinese state broadcaster CCTV acquired the rights for the 2010 Asian Games in Guangdong, China, in a deal with the Games’ organisers. CCTV will undertake the host broadcasting of the event.
Football
Australia

Football: Australian public-service broadcaster SBS and pay-channel ESPN acquired the rights for Uefa club competitions the Champions League and Europa League in a three-year deal, from 2009-10 to 2011-12,…
Athletics
Asia

Athletics: US broadcaster NBC and its cable and broadband subsidiary Universal Sports acquired the rights for the World Athletics Series, covering Indoor and outdoor World Championships and other events,…
Badminton
Asia

Basketball: Eurosport Deutschland acquired live rights for nine selected playoff matches from Germany’s top league, the Basketball Bundesliga, in a deal with the league and rights-holder Sportdigital.tv.
American Football
Asia

American Football: US digital satellite platform DirecTV extended its deal for the rights to the NFL Sunday Ticket package in a four-year deal, from 2011 to 2014, with the National Football League
Athletics
Africa

New domestic deals for two of Europe’s top five football leagues accounted for two of the three biggest television rights contracts signed in 2008.

Athletics
Algeria

Athletics: UK public-service broad-caster the BBC extended its deal for domestic athletics events for a further six years, from 2009 to 2014
American Football
Asia

American Football: US cable sports network ESPN acquired the rights for the college football Bowl Championship Series.

Cricket
Asia

Negotiations for the European rights for the 2014 and 2016 Olympics were building to a climax this week, as talks intensified between the EBU and the IOC

Football
Asia

Olympics: Turkish commercial network Fox Turkey acquired the rights for the 2014 and 2016 Olympic Games.