South America
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Cricket, motorsport, football and tennis
Motorsport: German pay-broadcaster Premiere extended its deal for live Formula One rights by one year, until the end of the 2007 season.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: World Cup, national teams and Euro leagues
Football: Pay-operator Setanta Sports agreed a four-year extension deal with the Scottish Premier League.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Olympics, Euro 2008, World Cup qualifiers and more
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Football, cricket, motorsport, handball and more
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: ICC, World Cup and Euro football and more
Cricket: Pan-Asian broadcaster ESPN Star Sports acquired the worldwide rights for International Cricket Council events from September 2007 through to 2015.
Fifa keeps faith with Globo despite Record’s big bid
Brazilian broadcaster Globo won the tv rights to the next two football World Cups despite making a lower bid than rival broadcaster Rede Record.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Premier League, other football, rugby, tennis
TV RIGHTS 1: World Cup, Euro 2008, F1, golf, cricket and more
Football: SBS International, the acquisition arm of Korean private free-to-air broadcaster SBS, acquired the rights for all Fifa events from 2007 to 2014, including the 2010 and 2014 World Cups.
New Fox deal for Latin America F1
Formula One Management is to agree a two-year extension with its long-term Latin American broadcaster, cable channel Fox, for the 2007 and 2008 seasons.
NBA gets mixed reception in key European markets
How national leagues are increasing role and TV fees
Eight of the world’s Top 10 leagues for domestic audiovisual revenue are European and two Latin American, according to a new report comparing rights deals by TV Sports Markets.