Cricket

Indian television advertising rates hit record high during World Twenty20 Championship final

Pan-Asian broadcaster ESPN Star has got off to a strong start in its global sales for International Cricket Council events

Athletics: The Dentsu agency signed a 10-year, €180m (£122m) deal with the International Association of Athletics Federations for the worldwide marketing rights and worldwide television rights outside Eu…

Deals for the Australian, England and New Zealand cricket boards bring in massive Asian rights-fee increases

Cricket: Pan-Asian broadcaster ESPN Star Sports agreed sublicensing deals for the Twenty20 world championships, held in South Africa in September, with DirecTV (North America), Geo TV (Pakistan), Ten Sports…

Commonwealth Games: Australian commercial broadcaster Network Ten and pay-operator Foxtel acquired the rights for the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.

Pan-Asian broadcaster ESPN Star Sports is close to agreeing its first overseas deal for International Cricket Council events from 2008 to 2011

Deals signed in North America, Pakistan, Middle East, Caribbean; deal in South Africa close

A billion-dollar deal signed last weekend for the Indian cricket board’s new domestic Twenty20 tournament, the India Premier League, could mark a new commercial era for the sport

Boxing: German public-service broadcaster ARD acquired the rights for a minimum 12 fights a year from Sauerland Promotions in a four-year deal, 2008 to 2011, renewing a previous contract

India to be carved out of ICC-IMG deal due next week

Golf: UK pay-broadcaster Setanta acquired the rights to the US PGA Tour in a six-year deal, from 2007 to 2012.

Goal now has strategic partnerships in three of the five key South and South East Asian markets

The Dubai-based Ten Sports channel maintained its audience-share leadership among Indian sports channels in 2007

ESPN Star Sports is getting excellent ratings in India for its football World Cup coverage.

Pan-Asian broadcaster ESPN Star Sports is to sublicense some cricket rights in Pakistan to rival broadcaster Ten Sports.

The United Cricket Board is hoping to drop a contract with the Octagon agency so that it can take its international television rights in-house.

Pan-Asian broadcaster ESPN Star Sports faces a tough challenge to hit