South Korea

The 2006 football World Cup attracted average audiences in India of 976,000 viewers per match.

Sportfive has agreed deals in key South East Asian markets, including Malaysia and Indonesia

NEWS IN BRIEF

English Premier League to receive £74 million over three years from sale of mobile and internet clip rights

Olympics: Hong Kong pay-television broadcaster I-Cable Communications acquired the new media rights for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and all media rights for the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver and…

Goal now has strategic partnerships in three of the five key South and South East Asian markets

The 2006 World Cup in Germany is on course to break television viewing records.

ABU failed to draw enough support from its larger members to submit a bid.

Figure Skating: US network NBC acquired the rights for US figure skating in a three-year deal with the US Figure Skating Association, covering the national championships and the international Skate America…

Basketball: Spanish commercial broadcaster La Sexta acquired the rights to this year’s basketball World Championships in a deal with Fiba, the international basketball federation.

Pan-Asian broadcaster in tough talks over continued distribution of its channels in Thailand, following loss of English Premier League football rights to UBC

IMG, recenlty on the acquisition trail itself, could be a future target for French media group

Pay-television newcomers Setanta in the UK and Arena in Germany are bidding strongly for US golf rights against the established pay-operators in their countries.

Korean broadcaster which went it alone seeks to recoup rights costs

Athletics: The Dentsu agency, acting on behalf of the International Association of Athletics Federations, brokered three-year deals with broadcasters in China, Korea and New Zealand covering the 2007 and…

Anxious wait to see whether state broadcaster CCTV will finally pay market rates