South Korea

Serie A values up by a quarter in Asia

How ESS will become more aggressive under News Corp; Difficult marriage from day one

South Korean broadcaster JBTC has acquired rights to the South Korean national team’s first two matches in the final round of qualifying for the 2014 Fifa World Cup football tournament, in a deal with t…

IMG Media helps US Open land 50 per cent increase in Asian rights

Uefa, European football’s governing body, agreed deals in a number of territories in Asia and Oceania for rights to this summer’s Euro 2012 tournament.

FA set for small increase in Asia with new MP & Silva deal

Cartel makes life hard for Sportfive in Vietnam

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.

IAAF goes back to EBU but says it was right to play the field; IEC anger at athletics loss

Turkish satellite broadcaster Digitürk and South Korean sports broadcaster Sports 1 acquired rights for the French Ligue 1 football.

Football: Korean IPTV broadcaster Spo TV acquired the rights to the Uefa Champions League and Europa League for the three-year period from 2012-13 to 2014-15 for $11.1m (€8m) (page 2).

FA set for 50% boost...Spo TV ousts incumbents in Korea...Euroleague on the up...Pacquiao ppv numbers...Box Nation gets encryption deal

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).

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

IAAF says IEC was right not to undersell its rights in Spain