Cricket
Minister rejects Sri Lanka Cricket’s request for Ten Sports deal
Sri Lankan sports minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage has turned down a request from Sri Lanka Cricket, the sport’s governing body in the country, to extend a worldwide rights deal with Asian pay-television b…
IPL model won’t work for smaller boards, experts say
The IPL is spawning many copy-cat leagues but rights experts say that they can't all work
Neo Sports retains Asia Cup cricket coverage
Pay-television broadcaster Neo Sports has retained rights for the Asia Cup national team cricket tournament
Sales process launched for Pakistan Twenty20 league
The Pakistan Cricket Board national governing body has launched a sales process for the rights to its new Twenty20 league, according to the Press Trust of India news agency
MSM to broadcast 2013 IPL on movie channel
Sony-owned broadcaster Multi Screen Media will simulcast the 2013 season of the Indian Premier League Twenty20 cricket tournament on its Hindi movie channel Max, along with its sports channel Six
The long game
The recipe is simple: take the world’s most popular sport in a market primed for growth, get in while the sport, the broadcast market or the economy more generally is underdeveloped, invest in long-term p…
Sky sees off BT challenge with new Windies deal
BT pushes Sky on Windies deal
TV RIGHTS CLIPS: From December 6 to December 19
FOOTBALL
Football: Chilean commercial broadcaster Megavisión acquired domestic and international rights for Chile national team matches, in the four years from 2015 to 2018.
SABC strikes scaled-down cricket deal as dispute continues
South African public-service broadcaster the SABC has acquired live domestic rights for the forthcoming One-Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 cricket matches between South Africa and New Zealand, but…
Time running out for SABC cricket talks
South African public-service broadcaster the SABC and Cricket South Africa are yet to agree a rights deal for the national cricket team’s forthcoming home series against New Zealand, which begins this F…
Sky agrees deal for international cricket from the West Indies
UK pay-television broadcaster BSkyB has acquired the media rights for four England cricket tours of the West Indies as part of an eight-year deal, from 2013 to 2020, with global rights-holder Asian pay-television…
Fox and Nine plan free TV for Big Bash
Australian pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports will allow commercial network Nine to take on rights for the Australian Twenty20 Big Bash League if the two broadcasters are able to finalise a new domestic…
ESS moves away from exclusivity
Singapore carriage deals show new ESS channel strategy
Telstra seeking to make big impression in sports rights market
Australian telecommunications company Telstra is targeting major investments in sports rights to drive its IPTV business, according to The Australian newspaper
TV RIGHTS CLIPS: From November 8 to November 21
FOOTBALL
Football: Brazilian pay-television broadcaster SporTV acquired the rights to the 2013 Concacaf Gold Cup from the Traffic Sports agency
Zee wins damages claim over BCCI deal
An Indian tribunal has ruled that the Board of Control for Cricket in India must pay over Rs1.2 billion (€17.2 million/$21.8
Neo acquires Bangladesh v West Indies
Pay-television broadcaster Neo Sports has acquired rights for the West Indies national cricket team’s upcoming tour of Bangladesh.