Cricket
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.
Sony battles over Asian deals on cricket World Cup
Sony Entertainment Television is in dispute with rights agency Global Cricket Corporation over the exclusivity of its Asian rights deal for the 2003 and 2007 cricket World Cups.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Euro and African football, tennis, cricket, basketball and golf
Football: Portuguese DTH platform Meo, owned by telecoms firm PT, acquired the high-definition rights to Uefa’s Euro 2008 tournament in a sublicensing deal with commercial channel TVI, which holds the r…
Ten offers record fee – with security of matching rights
Asian cable and satellite broadcaster Ten Sports emerged as the clear favourite to win the worldwide television rights for Sri Lankan cricket.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Olympics, football, cricket
Olympics: The European Broad-casting Union, the umbrella group representing the region’s public-service broadcasters, acquired the rights to the Winter Olympics in 2010 and the Summer Games in 2012.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1:Cricket, football and baseball
Cricket: Indian state broadcaster Doordarshan said that it would look to share the rights to Indian cricket if it failed to retain its exclusive contract with the Board of Control for Cricket in India
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Rugby, cricket, hockey and more
Football: Five Italian Serie A clubs sold the rights for their remaining home games of the season to pay-operator Sky Italia in deals worth between €300,000 (£201,000) and €350,000 a match. Th
Why Six Nations ignored ITV in no-tender deal
Celtic unions were worried that switching to commercial broadcaster would have placed into doubt BBC coverage of Autumn Internationals
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Rugby union, rowing, ice sports and more
Rugby Union: The BBC extended its deal for rugby union’s Six Nations Championship for a further four years, from 2006 to 2009. The deal includes radio, television and internet rights. T
BSkyB jumps gun in row over tour
Pakistani rights-holder, Ary Digital, annoyed with premature announcement of coverage
India heads list of cricket rights still to be awarded
Cricket involving India, rather than cricket in general, being seen as the key content
Doordarshan will have to make do with highlights
Second appeal to broadcast authority likely to be rejected
Sri Lanka rejects bids after ending two deals early
Broadcasters deliver "wake-up call" in the form of nominal bids for rights