Sri Lanka
Minister rejects Sri Lanka Cricket’s request for Ten Sports deal
Sri Lankan sports minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage has turned down a request from Sri Lanka Cricket, the sport’s governing body in the country, to extend a worldwide rights deal with Asian pay-television b…
IPL model won’t work for smaller boards, experts say
The IPL is spawning many copy-cat leagues but rights experts say that they can't all work
Neo Sports retains Asia Cup cricket coverage
Pay-television broadcaster Neo Sports has retained rights for the Asia Cup national team cricket tournament
Taj aces deal with WTA
Indian subcontinent pay-television broadcaster Taj TV has acquired rights for all top-tier Premier events organised by the Women’s Tennis Association, the top professional tour in women’s tennis, in a f…
Sky sees off BT challenge with new Windies deal
BT pushes Sky on Windies deal
MP & Silva gets 100% increase for FA rights
MP & Silva enjoys FA pay-day
Ten Sports extends US Open coverage
Asian pay-television broadcaster Ten Sports has extended a rights deal for live coverage of the US Open tennis tournament for four years, from 2013 to 2016
ESS makes $100m profit on ICC
Deal in Australia takes ESS over $100m profit threshold for global ICC rights sales
World Twenty20 set to smash ICC viewing records
A cumulative audience of up to 1
ESS adds more cricket rights
ESS adds Sri Lanka Premier League to boost reach of Star Cricket channel
ESS secures rights to Sri Lanka’s new T20 league
Pan-Asian sports broadcaster ESPN Star Sports has agreed a multi-year rights deal for new Twenty20 cricket competition the Sri Lanka Premier League
ICC goes from free to pay in the Caribbean
ESS sells ICC rights to ESPN
Sri Lanka Cricket rejects allegations it unfairly favoured Carlton in rights award
Sri Lanka Cricket has defended the award of its domestic television rights to terrestrial sports broadcaster the Carlton Sports Network following allegations of irregularities during the tender process
Carlton follows on with more cricket rights
Sri Lankan terrestrial sports broadcaster the Carlton Sports Network has continued its spending spree on cricket rights, agreeing a three-year deal for the Sri Lankan national team rights from 2012 to…
Unchallenged Sky pays increase for ICC rights
ESS bucks the trend and gets increase from Sky
Sri Lankan broadcasters in Olympics rights dispute
Sri Lankan state broadcaster SLRC plans to take free-to-air network MTV to court over a dispute surrounding the media rights to the London 2012 Olympic Games
Carlton acquires Sri Lankan Premier League cricket rights
Sri Lankan terrestrial sports broadcaster the Carlton Sports Network has acquired rights for the Sri Lankan Premier League, the new Twenty20 cricket competition
SLBC lands World Twenty20 rights in host nation
Public-service broadcaster Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation acquired the broadcast rights to the International Cricket Council’s World Twenty20, which will be hosted by the country later this year.