United Kingdom

Football
Africa

Football: The Dentsu and Infront agencies acquired the Rest of Asia rights to the 2010 and 2014 World Cups in a deal with Fifa, football’s world governing body.

Cricket
North America

Expatriate communities in North America have turned themselves from a niche television audience into one of the fastest growing sports rights markets in the world.

Football
Europe

The French football league’s €29 million a-year- deal with Orange for its mobile rights places it second among Europe’s top six leagues.

American Football
Africa

Football: A consortium of Telecoms company Telenor and Scandinavia’s commercial broadcasters, TV2 in Denmark, TV2 in Norway and TV4 in Sweden, acquired the rights for the Euro 2008 tournament in a deal w…
Rugby Union
Europe

A threat by French rugby union clubs to boycott the Heineken Cup comes at a time when French television audiences and public interest for the Cup are at their peak.

Football
Europe

UK pay-television channel Bravo will drop its coverage of Italian Serie A football from next month.

Bobsleigh/skeleton
Asia

Football: The English Premier League signed deals in Asia, Australia and North America for its live rights for the three seasons from 2007-08 to 2009-10
Football
Albania

Sportfive, Kentaro, IMG get plenty of ties against the big five teams; Infront do not fare so well

Football
Europe

Questions raised over whether Setanta will attract enough subscribers to pay the cost of winning two of the Premier League’s packages.

Basketball
Asia

Bobsleigh/Skeleton: German public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF acquired the rights for the men’s and women’s bobsleigh and skeleton World Cups and World Championships for the three years from 2006-07 to …
Football
Asia

Football: The English Premier League signed a number of deals in several territories for its television rights for the the three seasons from 2007-08 to 2009-10
Europe

An exciting championship this year boosted MotoGP television audiences in the sport’s two major European markets, Italy and Spain.
Europe

Live sport will play a vital role in commercial television’s battle to maintain its leadership in the broadcast market in the next three to five years.

Football
Asia

Chief Executive confident making up for loss of Uefa Cup television rights business
Athletics
Africa

Football: SBS International, the acquisition arm of Korean private free-to-air broadcaster SBS, acquired the rights for all Fifa events from 2007 to 2014, including the 2010 and 2014 World Cups.

Football
Europe

The IMG agency is to submit a global bid for the English Premier League’s international rights

Golf
Europe

The BBC has clung on to the rights for US golf’s Masters for a further year.
Europe

The battle between F1 legend Michael Schumacher and Fernando Alonso boosted television audiences in three of Europe’s top five markets this season.