Sub-Saharan Africa

Football

The collapse of GTV this week has raised fears that the African sports rights boom of the last two years is destined to be short-lived.

Cricket

South Africa’s state broadcaster, SABC, was slammed last week over its request for extensive additions to the country’s list of events of national importance that must be aired on free-to-air television.
Athletics

New domestic deals for two of Europe’s top five football leagues accounted for two of the three biggest television rights contracts signed in 2008.

Cricket

A multi-million dollar deal for the Asian rights for international cricket in South Africa looks likely to become another victim of the economic crisis.
Football

Football: The Deutsche Fussball Liga (DFL), representing the top two tiers of German football, Bundesliga 1 and Bundesliga 2, agreed a number of media rights deals covering the four-year period from 2009-10…

A review of South Africa’s listed-events legislation is generating concern among the country’s broadcasters and rights holders.

Football

A new strategic cooperation between the African Union of Broadcasters and Fifa, covering the 2010 football World Cup, will give Fifa a direct relationship with broadcasters in the region for the first time.

Rugby Union

UK pay-operator BSkyB’s new five-year deal with the Rugby Football Union was a classic smash-and-grab move that will strengthen its position in the ongoing negotiations for English rugby union’s top-tier domestic league.

Football

Globo said that it was in talks with the Team Marketing agency about the possibility of acquiring rights for European football’s Champions League competition from 2009-10 to 2011-12.

Basketball

News in Brief

Football

Football: Spanish pay-television operator Sogecable acquired the television rights for the 2010 Fifa World Cup in a deal with Fifa worth just over €90m (£71m). 
Football

This week’s sale of African rights for French Ligue 1 domestic football provides further evidence of the continent’s booming sports rights market

Africa keeps Canal on course for Ligue 1 profits
Football

Football: German commercial broadcaster RTL sublicensed a package of nine 2010 Fifa World Cup matches from pay-television operator Premiere, with an option to purchase a further nine matches.

Cycling

Football: German commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 acquired the free-to-air rights for the Uefa Champions League.

Football

Nigerian pay-broadcaster HiTV’s three-year deal for Champions League and Uefa Cup rights is its most aggressive blow yet.

Squash

A show of sporting solidarity by world's top squash players saved this year's event, after prize money fell to half last year's level
Athletics

Rugby and football associations expect listing to hit finances, cricket board welcomes chance to get good price for rights