Oceania
African deal brings up $3bn for IOC
ESS needs new entrants to boost shaky market
French, German league football will top 2008 list
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Tennis, Olympics, football, hockey and more
Unpaid fees force Philippine deal
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Nascar, rugby, Commonwealth Games and more
Motorsport: US motor racing series Nascar finalised a series of eight-year deals worth an overall $4.5bn (£2.6bn/€3.8bn), a 40-per-cent increase on its present deals.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Athletics, cricket, motorsport, golf and more
Cricket: Asian pay-broadcaster Zee Sports acquired the Indian cable and satellite rights to India’s three-Test series against Sri Lanka in a deal with the newly elected Board of Control for Cricket in India
Aussie Rules talks stumble over rights-fee split
Tennis (mostly, Hewitt) breaks up Aussie Rules
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
F1 lifts fees in four major markets, even flagging Italy
TV RIGHTS CLIPS: Snooker, cricket, tennis, cycling and others
Snooker: UK public-service broad-caster the BBC renewed its deal with the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association for a further five years, from 2007 to 2011, paying about £20m (€29m). The deal is thought to be a significant cut on the existing deal, worth about £28m over a five-and-a-half year period.
TV RIGHTS CLIP 1: Fifa’s US deal, other football, basketball
Football: US Disney-owned broad-casters ABC and ESPN, and Spanish-language broadcaster Univision, acquired the rights to all Fifa events from 2007 to 2014, including the 2010 and 2014 World Cups, in deals worth a total of $425m (£239m/€351m).
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football, including 2006 World Cup and rugby
Football: French commercial broad-caster TF1 acquired the free-to-air Champions League rights for a further three-years, from 2006-07 to 2008-09
Australian TV in too much turmoil to focus on rights
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Athletics, basketball, motorsport and more
Basketball: Spanish commercial broadcaster La Sexta acquired the rights to this year’s basketball World Championships in a deal with Fiba, the international basketball federation.