South Korea
ESS revenue hit as cable exploits rights victories
Pan-Asian broadcaster in tough talks over continued distribution of its channels in Thailand, following loss of English Premier League football rights to UBC
Lagardère races to market again to buy smaller agencies
IMG, recenlty on the acquisition trail itself, could be a future target for French media group
New channels drive golf fees in Europe and Asia.
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.
SBS woos snubbed partners
Korean broadcaster which went it alone seeks to recoup rights costs
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Athletics, rugby league, netball and more
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…
IOC and Fifa set China testing time over rights fees
Anxious wait to see whether state broadcaster CCTV will finally pay market rates
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Euro and Serie A football, rugby union
Football: Free-to-air broadcasters HRT (Croatia), RUV (Iceland) and TV3 (Slovenia), acquired exclusive live rights to all 31 matches of Euro 2008 in deals with the Sportfive agency, which is marketing…
Women’s golf gets bulk of TV fees from Asia
The Ladies Professional Golf Association tour is bringing in the bulk of its television-rights fees from Asia
IOC moves to break up regional rights deals
Top markets may be carved out from European television-rights deal for 2014 and 2016 Olympics
New tennis deals make Asia key revenue source
The International Tennis Federation has signed several television rights deals in Asia for Davis and Fed Cup tennis.
IOC banks on high-tech and cracks in the pool
The International Olympic Committee is hoping for a huge jump in television rights-fees from Korea for the 2010 and 2012 Olympics.
IOC appoints Octagon to help in Korean talks
The IOC will travel to South Korea to start preliminary talks about the broadcast rights for the 2010 and 2012 Olympic Games.