Cricket

Basketball: German commercial broadcaster DSF acquired the live, delayed and highlights rights for the 2009 and 2011 FIBA European Championship and the 2010 FIBA World Championship from the Fédération Internationale de Basketball.

Sir Allen Stanford’s Twenty20 cricket matches have brought together the marketing and production team from the former Octagon CSI agency.

The final of cricket’s inaugural India Premier League Twenty20 competition attracted the highest sports audience of the year in India.

Ice hockey: Canadian cable sports broadcaster TSN extended its television rights deal with the National Hockey League for a further six years, through to 2013-14, in a contract worth at least C$200m (£101m/€127m). 

Motorsport: Spanish commercial broadcaster Telecinco acquired Formula One rights in Spain in a two-year deal covering the 2004 and 2005 seasons

The rugby World Cup and the cricket World Cup account for 11 of the Top 20 most popular televised sports events on Australian television in 2003

Indian government approves Pakistan cricket matches, Ten looking at as much as $18m ad revenue

Despite cricket and snooker deals, Korean electronics supplier does not favour long-term sponsorship contracts

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

Not enough free-to-air coverage could result in delisting pushed for by Foxtel

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…

New channels face competition from satellite operators ADD, Showtime, Orbit, and free-to-air MBC

Rugby and football associations expect listing to hit finances, cricket board welcomes chance to get good price for rights

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. 

Carriage deal with ADD guarantees an immediate source of revenue and minimum fee per subscriber

Relationship with Octagon CSI over

Ten Sports beats competition from ESSS and Sony to sign four-year deal

West Indies-Sri Lanka test not broadcast in Asia