Cricket
Windfall for Ten as Pakistan and India play cricket
Indian government approves Pakistan cricket matches, Ten looking at as much as $18m ad revenue
‘Never mind our success. Renewing deals is risky’
Despite cricket and snooker deals, Korean electronics supplier does not favour long-term sponsorship contracts
World Sport to get new cricket deal
The WSG Nimbus agency is clear favourite to win a new three-year deal, put out to tender this week, for the television rights for Sri Lankan cricket
Australia likely to de-list overseas cricket tours
Not enough free-to-air coverage could result in delisting pushed for by Foxtel
Court backs WSG on cricket sacking
The television-rights deal between pan-Asian cable and satellite channel Ten Sports and the Sri Lankan cricket board is under threat after a court ruled that the board’s termination of a previous deal, w…
Al-Jazeera wins first sports rights, with more to come
New channels face competition from satellite operators ADD, Showtime, Orbit, and free-to-air MBC
Rugby and cricket lose in South Africa’s first list
Rugby and football associations expect listing to hit finances, cricket board welcomes chance to get good price for rights
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football, rugby league, cricket and more
Spanish sports marketing company Santa Monica made an estimated €100m (£70 m) offer for the television rights of nine clubs in the newly-formed G12 group of Spanish Primera Liga football clubs.
Mid-East channel is more lucrative than selling rights
Carriage deal with ADD guarantees an immediate source of revenue and minimum fee per subscriber
ECB’s Sibley adds his old job of advising ECB
Relationship with Octagon CSI over
Asian rights for West Indies sold
Ten Sports beats competition from ESSS and Sony to sign four-year deal
Poor ad sales lead channels to drop coverage of Tests
West Indies-Sri Lanka test not broadcast in Asia
Australian cricket set for big fall in TV rights value
The value of the Australian Cricket Board’s television rights in the UK looks set to fall by 36 per cent.
Five cricket deals cut out agencies. Is that a trend?
This month’s deal between the Pakistan cricket board and broadcasters Ten Sports and ARY Digital is the latest example of cricket boards abandoning traditional sports rights agencies.
Outright sale of TV rights ‘may lose cricket board £60m’
The Pakistan Cricket Board could miss out on $100 million of income by the outright sale of its television rights for five years.
Big boost for internet sport but should TV be running it?
The launch of British Sky Broadcasting’s broadband internet site showing same-day highlights of World Cup Cricket has provided a major boost for the UK broadband market.
A tougher C4 says it’s not going to drop its big sports
Is UK broadcaster Channel 4 losing interest in sport?
Sony in need of more Asian deals
Sony is struggling to conclude sub-licensing deals for the cable and satellite rights for this year’s cricket World Cup in Asia outside India and Nepal.