CCTV

Football
China

The CCTV 5 sports channel, which is operated by state broadcaster CCTV, has acquired media rights for the Trophée des Champions, the annual football match between the winners of the French Ligue 1 and Coupe de France tournaments.

Basketball

The renewal of the National Basketball Association’s domestic media-rights deal, expected later this year, is the most eagerly awaited in US sport and will no doubt be the biggest of the year.

Swimming
Japan

The world swimming federation earned a small fee increase in its renewal last week with Japanese commercial broadcaster TV Asahi.

Basketball

Interviews with Matt Brabants, senior vice president of global media distribution and business operations, and Elsa Memmi, vice president of global media distribution across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, on the NBA’s global media rights strategy.

Swimming
Japan

Interview with Peter Hall, Fina’s head of marketing TV, on the federation’s new deal with commercial broadcaster TV Asahi in Japan.
China

Chinese state broadcaster CCTV has acquired rights for the new Formula E motor-racing championship.

Hockey

Chinese state broadcaster CCTV and Spanish public-service broadcaster TVE have acquired rights for the International Hockey Federation’s (FIH) 2014 Hockey World Cup national team tournament.

Motorsport
China

Why it was OK for Formula One to lose 30m viewers in China

Table Tennis
Africa

Eurosport deal helps international table tennis federation in push beyond Asian heartland
Asia

Dentsu Asian Olympics deal drives revenue growth for IOC
China

CCTV’s new national sports channel will not mean pay-day for rights-holders

Football
Asia

The joint venture of Dentsu and Infront will be banking heavily on getting good revenue from China.

Football
Europe

Serie A champions Juventus set to sign a deal with Italian state broadcaster Rai.