Sub-Saharan Africa

Basketball

Basketball: Rights agency MP & Silva sold rights to the Spanish professional basketball league, the ACB, to Italian pay-television platform Dahlia TV and French pay-television operator Canal Plus covering…
Cricket

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

Football: Pan-African broadcaster Supersport acquired the Nigerian rights for the English Premier League in a three-year deal, from 2010-11 to 2012-13, worth $110m (€85m).
Football

Nova dilemma for league ... 3 missing from mobile Serie A ... Leeds happy with ppv pilot ... Rai's Euro goal fiasco
Boxing

RCS-RDS wraps up Premier League ... Battling HiTV wins Serie A ... Japan to reclaim Tour's No.1 status ... Crozier's role in ITV rugby win ... Universum seeking ZDF successor.
Football

HiTV's loss of its Premier League rights have raised fears it will not be able to pay for other rights, including Uefa Champions League and Europa League.
Football

Football: The Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) acquired the rights for the 2010 Fifa World Cup in six countries - Uzbekistan, Laos, Kyrgyzstan, Timor Leste, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan – in a deal w…
Rugby League

Bigger inventory, improved format and market-by-market approach give Sanzar healthy increases in three home markets

Golf

Golf: US broadcaster America One Television acquired the rights for the OneAsia Series in a three-year deal, from 2010 to 2012, brokered by the World Sport Group agency
Athletics

Athletics: African pay-operator SuperSport acquired non-exclusive rights for all events in the IAAF’s World Athletics Series in sub-Saharan Africa, including South Africa, in a four-year deal from 2010 t…
Football

Football: French commercial broadcaster TF1 sublicensed rights for the 2010 World Cup to public-service broadcaster France Télévisions and pay-broadcaster Canal Plus in deals worth a combined €33m ($4…
Athletics

The Diamond League athletics series has secured double the rights fee income of its predecessor the Golden League, with two big deals yet to be done.

Football

The Premier League's new channel for overseas rights-holders will be launched with one eye on the next domestic rights negotiations.
Football

Football: South African public-service broadcaster SABC said that it had secured the rights for the 2010 African Cup of Nations and other CAF events through to 2016 after agreeing a deal, reportedly worth…
Football

Conto TV scored a victory this week when Serie B presidents agreed to re-tender the rights to the second division in a manner which would allow smaller broadcasters a greater chance to compete.
Football

The international rights sales of English football’s Premier League continues to throw up interesting outcomes.
Football

HiTV successfully expanded its hold on Premier League rights in Nigeria with an opening round offer.
Football

Football: Chinese state broadcaster CCTV acquired the rights for all Fifa events between now and 2014, including the 2010 and 2014 World Cups, in a deal worth about $125m (€83m).