South Africa

Cricket

ESS gets more Australia cricket for its dollar in five-year deal

Football

Football: The ISM agency acquired the rights in Indonesia to the 2014 Fifa World Cup in a deal worth $55m (€40m). ISM sold the rights to the Bakrie Group for about $60m (page 9).

Supersport, the sub-Saharan Africa pay-television broadcaster, acquired rights for the 2012 Olympic Games, which take place in London next summer
Rugby Union

France holds the key for 2015

Rugby Union

Two-event sales keep Rugby World Cup income growing

Football

Football: Uefa, European football’s governing body, completed its Champions League rights process in Brazil by renewing deals with pay-television operator ESPN and free-to-air sports broadcaster Esporte I…
Football

Football: Qatar-based satellite broadcaster Al Jazeera acquired the
Mixed Martial Arts

Mixed Martial Arts: US pay-television channel Spike TV will stream live on its website preliminary bouts from season five of the US mixed martial arts promotion Bellator Fighting Championships
Football

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

Rugby's international tender

Football

Investment in South African football pays off for league

American Football

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).
Football

Football: The Brazil-based Traffic Sports agency concluded media rights deals for the 2011 Copa America in Paraguay, Canada and Belgium and in more than 50 countries with YouTube (see page this issue)
Football

Football: Uefa, European football’s governing body, agreed three-year deals, from 2012-13 to 2014-15, for the rights for the Uefa Champions League in the UK with commercial broadcaster ITV and pay-television b…
Football

League rights spotlight on Germany's Bundesliga

Football

English Football Association secures fee increase in Middle East, but did it include England qualifiers previously thought to be centralised?
Boxing

Boxing: New Zealand state broadcaster Māori Television acquired the exclusive rights to show the heavyweight boxing clash between David Tua and Demetrius King on March 19.
Athletics

Athletics: The European Broadcasting Union acquired rights for European Athletics Association events in a four-year deal, from 2012 to 2015