Singapore
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Speculation is mounting that Singapore’s two rival pay-broadcasters may bid jointly for the English Premier League rights when they come on the market.
TV Rights Deals 1: Football: La Liga, Bundesliga, Premier League and more
Football: Indonesian pay-broadcaster Telkomvision acquired a package of Serie A rights for the 2009-10 season in a one-year deal with the MP&Silva agency, renewing an existing deal
FASTRACK
The Premier League is set to stagger its next international rights sales process in a move that will rule out what was always a remote possibility of someone making a worldwide bid for the rights.
TV Rights Deals 1: Euro 2012, Champions League, La Liga and more
Football: Sports broadcaster ESPN Brasil acquired pay-television rights in Brazil for the 2010 World Cup in a sublicensing deal with commercial broadcaster Globo
FASTRACK
Football television rights values in the Netherlands are plunging, with pay-channel Sport1 succeeding in getting massive rights-fee reductions on key contracts.
Singapore planning to halt Premier League bandwagon
The Singapore government is considering legislation to prevent further escalation in the cost of English Premier League football rights when they come on the market later this year.
Bernie break clause opens door to Asian TV riches
Pan-regional broadcaster ESPN Star Sports increased rights fees five-fold to retain its hold on Formula One rights in Asia.
Beckham quadruples La Liga rights fees in Asia
Presence of Beckham has made La Liga Asia's second most popular overseas league, ahead of Serie A
Premier League sets ball rolling for tough Asian battle
Rights are top sports property in SE Asia, and crucial to ESS carriage deals
Sony in need of more Asian deals
Sony is struggling to conclude sub-licensing deals for the cable and satellite rights for this year’s cricket World Cup in Asia outside India and Nepal.
Asian dilemmas, bids and pacts
The bidders and the winners in South-East Asia
How battle for Hong Kong led to Asian bonanza
Rights revenue increases 141 per cent on last round of Asian deals
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Rugby, cricket, hockey and more
Football: Five Italian Serie A clubs sold the rights for their remaining home games of the season to pay-operator Sky Italia in deals worth between €300,000 (£201,000) and €350,000 a match. Th
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football, horseracing, boxing and tennis
Football: German sports agency Infront did not take-up its €595m (£412m) option for the Deutsche Fussball Liga rights for the 2004-05 and 2005-06 seasons, failing to reach agreement over price.
ESS fights to get its cash back
ESPN Star Sports is in the middle of tough negotiations with cable operators as it seeks to refund its huge outlay for English football’s Premier League.
Forget TV fees, for now, hockey wants coverage
The revival of the India-Pakistan hockey test series after an interval of five years has attracted high television interest.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Indian cricket, Uefa football and more
Cricket: Australian sports broad-caster Fox Sports acquired the rights for Australia’s next two tours to India, including the four Test series in October and the seven one-day internationals in 2009, i…
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football
Football: UK commercial broadcaster ITV acquired the rights for the first-choice Champions League match on Wednesdays in a three-year deal with the Team Marketing agency