Sri Lanka

Cricket

Pakistani pay-television broadcaster Geo TV and Sri Lankan free-to-air broadcaster the Carlton Sports Network have acquired rights for cricket’s Indian Premier League in one-year deals for the 2012 season.
Cricket

World Cup should boost ESS ICC revenues in Australia; Sony, Zee and ESS in battle for BCCI's retendered world rights

Sri Lankan terrestrial sports broadcaster the Carlton Sports Network, is aiming to sub-license rights for the London 2012 Olympic Games from the country’s state broadcaster, Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (…
Cricket

Saturation effect puts brake on Indian cricket rights boom

Cricket

ESS gets more Australia cricket for its dollar in five-year deal

American Football

American Football: Indian broadcaster Ten Sports, owned by pay-television operator Zee, acquired the rights to the Elite Football League of India in a multi-year deal
Snooker

Olympic Games: The International Olympic Committee agreed media-rights deals in France, Germany and Korea for the Olympic Games (see story this issue)
Football

ESPN Star Sports wins La Liga rights after aggressive bid but could still split in the next 12 months
Cricket

Digital Plus furious about YouTube Copa ... Urhotv looking for partners ... ESPN looking at UK revamp
Football

Uefa enjoys big increases for its Champions League and Europa League rights in Asia
Football

Japan withdrawal could hit Traffic Copa revenues ... Sportfive Euro progress in Asia ... Infront narrows down bidders

Multi Channels Asia hoping to ride Asian economic growth and establish a niche
Football

Japan's potential forced withdrawal from Copa America casts doubt over value of Traffic's already-agreed broadcast deal in the country.
Mixed Martial Arts

Kickboxing: German commercial broadcaster Sat.1 agreed a two-year deal, beginning immediately, for rights to the fights of World Kickboxing Association world champion Christine Theiss
Cricket

Tiger comeback helps keep BBC on the fairway ... IMG banks on City growth ... Zee reworks cricket equation
Athletics

Asian Games: Hong Kong pay-broadcaster I-Cable Communications acquired the exclusive television and internet rights for the 2010 Asian Games, in Guangzhou, in a deal worth an estimated $1m (€780,000).
Cricket

The television-rights deal between pan-Asian cable and satellite channel Ten Sports and the Sri Lankan cricket board is under threat after a court ruled that the board’s termination of a previous deal, w…
Cricket

West Indies-Sri Lanka test not broadcast in Asia