Sub-Saharan Africa

American Football

Athletics: The Dentsu agency signed a 10-year, €180m (£122m) deal with the International Association of Athletics Federations for the worldwide marketing rights and worldwide television rights outside Eu…
Football

Football: The English Premier League sold the rights for its internet and mobile clips packages to various companies worldwide for the three years from 2007-08 to 2009-10, bringing in about $40m (£20m/€29m).
Football

English Premier League to receive £74 million over three years from sale of mobile and internet clip rights

Rugby Union

Advertisers keen on rugby as it attracts affluent males

Football

Football: South African public-service broadcaster SABC sublicensed the rights for 143 matches of the Premier Soccer League, the country’s top-tier football league, from pay-broadcaster SuperSport. 
Football

Football: Italian public-service broadcaster Rai agreed a deal with the Sportfive agency for the rights to football’s Euro 2008 tournament.

Cycling

Cycling: French public-service broadcaster France Télévisions renewed its deal for the Tour de France.

Cricket

Pan-Asian broadcaster ESPN Star Sports is close to agreeing its first overseas deal for International Cricket Council events from 2008 to 2011
Cricket

Deals signed in North America, Pakistan, Middle East, Caribbean; deal in South Africa close
Cricket

India to be carved out of ICC-IMG deal due next week
Basketball

Golf: UK pay-broadcaster Setanta acquired the rights to the US PGA Tour in a six-year deal, from 2007 to 2012.

Latest deal, with South Africa's SABC for 2010 and 2012 Olympics, worth $18 million
Cricket

The United Cricket Board is hoping to drop a contract with the Octagon agency so that it can take its international television rights in-house.

Cricket

Pan-Asian broadcaster ESPN Star Sports faces a tough challenge to hit
Basketball

Tennis: US network NBC and cable broadcaster ESPN are set to acquire the rights for the Wimbledon tournament in two separate four-year deals, 2008 to 2011
Football

Football: African pay-television broadcaster Supersport acquired the rights for the South African Premier Soccer League, the country’s top-tier football league, in a five-year deal, 2007-08 to 2011-12, w…
American Football

Snooker: UK public-service broad-caster the BBC renewed its deal with the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association for a further five years, from 2007 to 2011, paying about £20m (€29m).  The deal is thought to be a significant cut on the existing deal, worth about £28m over a five-and-a-half year period.

Call by public-service broadcaster SABC to change the country’s listed-events law