Cricket
TV Rights Deals 2: Athletics, baseball, basketball, cycling, golf and more
Falling market drops South Africa fee
Asian broadcaster Ten Sports secured the rights for international cricket in South Africa despite reducing its initial offer by about $10 million.
TV Rights Deals 2: Athletics, basketball, cricket, golf, F1, motorsport and rugby
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SABC ‘wants cake and icing for free’ in listed-events claim
TV Rights Deals 2: Asian Games, athletics, cricket, F1, motorsport and more
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Show me the money: the Top 10 deals of 2008
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.
TV Rights Deals 2: Athletics, basketball, cricket, darts, handball and more
TV Rights Deals 2: Basketball, Winter Sports and more
South Africa deal hits the skids as banks feel the heat
TV Rights Deals 2: Athletics, women’s British Open and more
Mumbai attacks put PCB riches on hold as rivals cry foul
The Pakistan Cricket Board’s expectation of an early pay-day from its new lucrative television rights deal has been struck a major blow by last week’s terrorist attacks in Mumbai.
TV Rights Deals 2: College Football, the British Open and more
American Football: US cable sports network ESPN acquired the rights for the college football Bowl Championship Series.
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Negotiations for the European rights for the 2014 and 2016 Olympics were building to a climax this week, as talks intensified between the EBU and the IOC
Ten goes Fox hunting with free-to-air sports channel
The launch of Australia’s first-ever free-to-air sports channel, One, is an unprecedented challenge to leading pay sports broadcaster Fox Sports.