South-East Asia

Football

Thai media conglomerate GMM Grammy plans to bid for more major sports rights, after acquiring rights for German football’s Bundesliga from 2012-13 to 2014-15, and has established a new subsidiary, GMM 1…
Football

FA up in Europe despite weaker rights package and recession

Football

Uefa enjoys big increases in Chinese Taipei and Indonesia
Football

Cartel makes life hard for Sportfive in Vietnam
American Football

FOOTBALL
Rugby League

Pay-television broadcaster Setanta Sports agreed a carriage deal with Thai pay-television operator TrueVisions
Horse Racing

Horse Racing: Irish public-service broadcaster RTÉ agreed a two-year rights deal, for 2012 and 2013, with Horse Racing Ireland and the Association of Irish Racecourses, for races in Ireland.
Football

Football: Fifa, football’s world governing body, agreed deals with pan-European broadcaster Eurosport and US network Fox for rights to the Club World Cup.
Football

Football: Uefa agreed deals in the Netherlands for the Champions League and Europa League for three years from 2012-13 to 2014-15
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).
Football

Singapore pay-television operator Starhub acquired the rights to Singapore Lions’ matches in a four-year deal, from 2012 to 2015, from the Football Association of Singapore.
Football

Vietnam’s government said a court must resolve a dispute over domestic football rights after digital broadcaster AVG demanded compensation from state-owned satellite broadcaster VTC for broadcasting t…
Cycling

Pan-Asian sports broadcaster The Outdoor Channel acquired rights for the 2012 Tour de Timor, a mountain bike race, in a deal with the race organisers and the Government of Timor-Leste
Golf

Golf: UK pay-television broadcaster ESPN acquired exclusive rights for the 2011 Australian PGA Championship and 2011 Australian Open in a deal with the World Sport Group agency
Basketball

Basketball: The MP & Silva agency brokered several deals for the Spanish league, the ACB, beginning this season
Football

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

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

The English Football Association is set to continue its round of international rights sales for 2008-12