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Pakistan Super League earns huge media rights increase, but franchises will remain in the red
Global Sports Commerce has solidified its influence in the world of T20 cricket, retaining global media rights to the Pakistan Super League alongside its consortium partner Blitz Advertising
Sony retains LaLiga coverage via Facebook sublicensing deal
Facebook this week sublicensed some coverage of Spain’s LaLiga to Sony Pictures Networks India across the Indian subcontinent, recouping about 20 per cent of its investment in the rights.
Infront on course to make large margin on Fifa rights across Asia
The Infront agency has already exceeded its guarantee to Fifa for rights to the 2018 and 2022 World Cups across Asia with rights to the 2022 tournament still to sell in all but its most-valuable market, China, TV Sports Markets understands.
PCB does short-term deals
Pakistan Cricket Board's two short-term deals
Neo beats Sony and Taj to New Zealand rights
Neo explains why it bid big for New Zealand cricket rights
ABU left to pick up the scraps as IOC carves out even more markets
IOC carves out five more Asian markets to handle in-house and further weaken ABU rights; Frustrated Barton blasts ABU
ECB upbeat about North American rights
ECB bullish about growth in North America
IPL model won’t work for smaller boards, experts say
The IPL is spawning many copy-cat leagues but rights experts say that they can't all work
Sky sees off BT challenge with new Windies deal
BT pushes Sky on Windies deal
MP & Silva gets 100% increase for FA rights
MP & Silva enjoys FA pay-day
ESS makes $100m profit on ICC
Deal in Australia takes ESS over $100m profit threshold for global ICC rights sales
ESS adds more cricket rights
ESS adds Sri Lanka Premier League to boost reach of Star Cricket channel
World Cup set to boost ESS rights sales in Australia
World Cup should boost ESS ICC revenues in Australia; Sony, Zee and ESS in battle for BCCI's retendered world rights
Indian rights boom hits ceiling as saturation reached
Saturation effect puts brake on Indian cricket rights boom
ESS gets more content as rights fee remains flat
ESS gets more Australia cricket for its dollar in five-year deal
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2:Basketball, boxing, BCCI cricket, BDO darts and more
Basketball: The MP & Silva agency brokered several deals for the Spanish league, the ACB, beginning this season
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football: World Cup, Euros, Spanish national team and more
Football: Fifa, football’s world governing body, agreed deals in the US, Canada, selected territories in Asia and Australia for its events covering the period 2015 to 2022 (see story this issue).
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 3: Olympic Games, snooker, Wimbledon, French Open and more
Olympic Games: The International Olympic Committee agreed media-rights deals in France, Germany and Korea for the Olympic Games (see story this issue)
ESS secures Liga rights but break-up still on the cards
ESPN Star Sports wins La Liga rights after aggressive bid but could still split in the next 12 months
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 3: American football, badminton, boxing, cricket, golf and more
American football: US sports broadcaster ESPN agreed an eight-year extension to its rights deal with the NFL for Monday night matches, worth $15.2bn (€10.95bn).
Massive increases for Uefa in key Asian markets
Uefa enjoys big increases for its Champions League and Europa League rights in Asia
Fastrack: Issue 15:9
Japan withdrawal could hit Traffic Copa revenues ... Sportfive Euro progress in Asia ... Infront narrows down bidders
New pan-Asian channel ‘will work’
Multi Channels Asia hoping to ride Asian economic growth and establish a niche