Singapore

Football
Asia

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).
Football
Asia

Euro 2012 fee up in Australia but agency faces a challenge in remaining markets
Football
Asia

Starhub will launch a channel to show football tournament but cross carriage regulations mean it will share it with Singtel.

Football
Africa

Football: Uefa, European football’s governing body, agreed a series of pay-television and free-to-air television deals for 2012-13 to 2014-15 for the rights to the Champions League and Europa league i…
Football
Asia

Football: Hong Kong pay-television operator Now TV acquired the rights to Euro 2012 from the Sportfive agency(page 8)
Athletics
Asia

Asian Games: The organising committee of the 2014 Asian Games signed memorandums of understanding with Korean networks KBS, MBC and SBS, provisionally appointing them as host broadcasters
Football
Asia

ESPN Star Sports wins La Liga rights after aggressive bid but could still split in the next 12 months
Athletics
Asia

Lagardère restructure plans prompt key staff departures...UFC targets Asian expansion...Mediapro moves on Portugal...ITV beats BBC-IMG
Asia

Mediapro looking to reap rewards for its Liga rights across Asia
Football
Argentina

Japan withdrawal could hit Traffic Copa revenues ... Sportfive Euro progress in Asia ... Infront narrows down bidders
Asia

Multi Channels Asia hoping to ride Asian economic growth and establish a niche
Rugby Union
Asia

Motorsport: Austrian public-service broadcaster ORF extended its rights deal with Formula One until 2014. The rights include interviews, archive footage, practice and qualifying rounds and the race itself
Athletics
Asia

Archive: UK pay-television operator ESPN agreed an archive sports programming deal with public-service broadcaster the BBC. More than 80 hours of archive footage will be shown on the ESPN Classic channel
Sepak Takraw
Asia

Motorsport: Pan-regional broadcaster Eurosport acquired the rights for the Le Mans Cup and Le Mans 24 hours for the next three seasons, from 2011 to 2013, with race organisers Automobile Club de l’Ouest.
Boxing
Asia

Serie A punch-up to be followed by survey ... Starhub stocks up channel ... Danish delay after lowball bids ... Hearn takes Prizefighter to US
Baseball
Brazil

Handball: EHF Marketing, the commercial arm of the European Handball Federation, signed media-rights deals with broadcasters in several territories
Badminton
Asia

Badminton: The Badminton World Federation, badminton’s governing body, signed a three-year deal, from 2011 to 2013, with IMG Media for the global exploitation of all media rights for the BWF's major e…
Mixed Martial Arts
Asia

Kickboxing: German commercial broadcaster Sat.1 agreed a two-year deal, beginning immediately, for rights to the fights of World Kickboxing Association world champion Christine Theiss