Cricket

The England and Wales Cricket Board’s new-media rights, which it put out to tender last week, could be worth more than £10 million

Pay-television operator British Sky Broadcasting, at present locked in talks for the rights to domestic English Test cricket, is mopping up the rights for the England team’s overseas tours

UK commercial broadcaster Channel 4 wants to cut back its Test match cricket coverage

Cricket:  The Board of Control for Cricket in India, after extensive legal wrangles, finally signed a deal for the Indian rights to the three tours taking place this year, a four-Test series against Australia, a two-Test series against South Africa and a one-off one-day international against Pakistan, with state broadcaster Doordarshan.

The New Zealand cricket board has renewed a television-rights deal with the country’s pay-operator Sky Television for five years, from 2004-05 to 2008-09.

South African cricket faces an uphill struggle next month when it starts talks with public-service broadcaster SABC

Cricket: Indian broadcaster Zee Telefilms made a $308m (£174m/ €257m) bid for the worldwide television rights to Indian cricket for four years, from October 2004 to September 2008.

The sale of Indian cricket television rights for the next four years will be the most valuable cricket deal agreed by a national cricket board

Cricket: Indian public-service broadcaster Doordarshan agreed a deal for the terrestrial rights for select matches from International Cricket Council tournaments up until 2007, including 19 matches from the 2007 World Cup and nine from the Champions Trophy this year and in 2006

The England and Wales Cricket Board is targeting an increase in television rights fees of 70 per cent

Jagmohan Dalmiya, controversial president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, surprised would-be bidders for the television rights to Indian cricket by setting a seven-day deadline to submit offers.

Cricket: Asian broadcaster Ten Sports is set to acquire the worldwide rights to international cricket in Sri Lanka in a four-year deal, from 2005 to 2008.

Asian broadcaster Ten Sports is to acquire the rights for Sri Lankan cricket

The Australian government is to review the laws protecting major sports events for free-to-air television

Athletics: UK pay-broadcaster Setanta extended a deal for the Golden League series in 2008 and 2009.  The deal was brokered by the IMG agency.

SIC takes Uefa to task over lack of Euro 2008 access