South Korea
Bundesliga targets parity with Spanish and Italian leagues
League rights spotlight on Germany's Bundesliga
Questions over Copa rights value as Japan ponders
Japan's potential forced withdrawal from Copa America casts doubt over value of Traffic's already-agreed broadcast deal in the country.
Fastrack: Issue 15:6
Astro spends heavily to snatch football rights ... KBS ‘no’ to bundled athletics ... TSA brought in for World Series ... SBS wants Giro for the full set ... Trans TV wants Asean Cup
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Uefa’s ex-Europe deals, Copa America and other football deals
Football: Uefa, European football’s governing body, agreed a number of deals for the Euro 2012 and Euro 2016 tournaments.
Traffic hails ‘massive’ increase in worldwide rights fees for Copa
Big increases in the US and Japan the highlights of a successful round of sales for Traffic Sports.
Coming to a cinema near you: the Fifa World Cup
New player Aruna Media will sell 3D rights for World Cup matches to cinema chains and public viewing arenas around the world.
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
SBS comes out fighting as Korean golf battle beckons
The long-term television and sponsorship deal agreed last week by Korean media group SBS and the US PGA Tour reflects the desire of both parties to come out fighting in response to challenges in the market.
TV Rights Deals 2: World Athletics Series, Tour de France, US PGA Tour, tennis
Athletics: US broadcaster NBC and its cable and broadband subsidiary Universal Sports acquired the rights for the World Athletics Series, covering Indoor and outdoor World Championships and other events,…
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The EBU has renewed television rights deals for gymnastics, weightlifting and Greco-Roman wrestling, but pulled out of broadcasting judo, as part of a “reshaping” of its sports portfolio.
TV Rights Deals 2: Athletics, baseball, basketball, cycling, golf and more
Athletics: The IMG agency acquired the international television rights for the newly-created Diamond League in a five-year deal, 2010 to 2014, guaranteeing around $6m (€4.7m) a year.
TV Rights Deals 1: Bulgaria, Champions League, Bundesliga and more
Football: Bulgarian free-to-air broadcaster TV2 acquired the rights for Bulgaria’s domestic top-tier A league in a five-year deal, from 2009-10 to 2013-14, worth a reported €30m (£23m).
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TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: NHL, gymnastics, basketball, boxing, golf and more
Ice hockey: Canadian cable sports broadcaster TSN extended its television rights deal with the National Hockey League for a further six years, through to 2013-14, in a contract worth at least C$200m (£101m/€127m).
Asian TV set for Fifa battle
Asian TV gears up for World Cup war with agencies
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
Forget cricket, Ciclitira banks all on Asian golf
David Ciclitira, former Chairman of World Sport Group, talked this week about how the financially-troubled agency split into two.
How battle for Hong Kong led to Asian bonanza
Rights revenue increases 141 per cent on last round of Asian deals
IOC hopes to win increased TV rights fees from Asia
Room for "tremedous growth" in Olympic coverage in Asian markets