South-East Asia
TV RIGHTS DEALS 2: Football, Formula One, US PGA Tour, Olympics and Wimbledon
Football: The MP & Silva agency extended its agreement with Arsenal Broadband Limited, the digital arm of English Premier League club Arsenal, for a further three years, covering the 2013-14 to 2015-16…
TV RIGHTS DEALS 1: Serie A deals home and away, Premier League and more
Football: Italian league body Lega Calcio agreed a number of rights deals covering the 2010-11 and 2011-12 seasons
TV RIGHTS DEALS 2: NFL, athletics, cricket, cycling, handball and rugby union deals
American Football: UK commercial broadcaster Channel 4 acquired the live rights to all of the NFL’s Sunday night games for the 2010 season.
TV RIGHTS DEALS 1: Euro 2012 qualifier matches, Asia Premier League sales
Football: UK public-service broadcaster BBC Scotland acquired live television rights for Scotland’s four away fixtures in their Euro 2012 qualifying campaign, concluding against Spain in October 2011.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football, basketball, cricket, handball and tennis
Football: Romanian telecoms operator Romtelecom acquired the rights for eight live World Cup group stage matches and delayed rights for 44 other games in a deal with public-service broadcaster TVR, paying…
MP & Silva tries new formations to split Asian markets
The agency has creatively diced up rights for the English Premier League, Italian Serie A and several other football leagues between broadcasters in Japan and Vietnam in an effort to maximise profits. Results have been mixed.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Last-minute World Cup deals, Mediapro’s Barcelona extension
Football: The Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) acquired the rights for the 2010 Fifa World Cup in six countries - Uzbekistan, Laos, Kyrgyzstan, Timor Leste, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan – in a deal w…
Asian Euro 2012 rights provide timely victory for Sportfive
Sportfive, hit by recent rights and personnel losses, is set to regain its "calling card" in Asia.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: End to Singapore World Cup stalemate and other football deals
Football: Singapore telecoms companies Starhub and SingTel acquired the rights for the 2010 Fifa World Cup in non-exclusive deals worth about $17m (€13m), brokered by the Football Media Services agency.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Basketball, ICC events, ice hockey, rugby union, tennis deals
Basketball: Euroleague Basketball agreed deals in the UK, China and Iceland for the 2010 Final Four
Football: World Cup, Premier League, Serie A, Russian league
Football: Hong Kong free-to-air broadcasters TVB and ATV agreed a deal with pay-television operator I-Cable for coverage of the opening match, the semi-finals and the final of the 2010 Fifa World Cup
Premier League frenzy wrecks free market
The Singapore government has effectively outlawed exclusivity of content, which it felt was damaging the pay-TV market.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Athletics, IPL, extreme sports, golf, ice-skating and more
Athletics: The IEC in Sports agency agreed a number of deals for the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Doha
Premier League stokes next UK talks with global channel…
The Premier League's new channel for overseas rights-holders will be launched with one eye on the next domestic rights negotiations.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Africa Cup of Nations, Latin American and Asian football
Football: South African public-service broadcaster SABC said that it had secured the rights for the 2010 African Cup of Nations and other CAF events through to 2016 after agreeing a deal, reportedly worth…
TV Rights Deals 1: Football: Premier League deals in Europe and AFC extension
Football: Indonesian commercial broadcaster RCTI and sister channel Global TV sublicensed the rights for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa from PT Electronic City Entertainment, the original licensee
TV Rights Deals 1: The latest Olympic, Rugby Union World Cup and IPL deals
Cricket: Entertainment Sports & Direct acquired the theatrical rights for the Indian Premier League in a 10-year deal from 2010 to 2019, paying Rs3.3 bn ($70m)