Papua New Guinea
DDMC announces first AFC media rights deal with Indonesia’s MNC
Indonesian media group MNC has acquired rights for Asian Football Confederation events in the 2021 to 2024 period, the first deal of the new sales cycle being conducted by the DDMC Fortis agency
Trio pick up Women’s Rugby League World Cup rights
Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand, Australian commercial broadcaster Seven and Papua New Guinea-based commercial station EMTV have acquired rights to this year’s Women’s Rugby League World Cup.
IMG finds Rugby League World Cup a tough sell in New Zealand
New Zealand’s uncompetitive media-rights market made life difficult for IMG’s sale of Rugby League World Cup rights.
Cricket Australia seals rights deals in Fiji, Papua New Guinea
Cricket Australia has signed rights deals in Fiji and Papua New Guinea for its national teams’ games and domestic Twenty20 competition the Big Bash League.
Digicel claims NRL rights deal in Papua New Guinea
Telecommunications company Digicel has reportedly announced that it has acquired rights in Papua New Guinea for the National Rugby League, the top division of rugby league in Australia.
Fight Sports broadens reach with new carriage deals
Media company CSI Sports, the owner of Fight Sports, has struck carriage deals for the pay-television channel in Finland, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
OFC secures Papua New Guinea rights partner
The Oceania Football Confederation has awarded media rights to Papua New Guinea media company Telikom PNG.
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
MP & Silva finds route to Fifa via the Pacific Islands
Pacific Islands provide roundabout route to Zurich
ESS adds more cricket rights
ESS adds Sri Lanka Premier League to boost reach of Star Cricket channel
Big CCTV deal pushes Sportfive towards fee target
CCTV keeps Sportfive on track
Uefa seals deals in Asia and Oceania for Euro 2012
Uefa, European football’s governing body, agreed deals in a number of territories in Asia and Oceania for rights to this summer’s Euro 2012 tournament.
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 2: Athletics, cricket, hockey, boxing and NFL
Athletics: The Dentsu agency signed a 10-year, €180m (£122m) deal with the International Association of Athletics Federations for the worldwide marketing rights and worldwide television rights outside Eu…