Golf

Basketball

Football: Portuguese public-service broadcaster RTP acquired the rights to the national team’s Euro 2008 home qualifiers and friendlies in a two-year deal, 2006-07 to 2007-08, with the Olivedesportos agency

Basketball

Rugby Union: French public-service broadcaster France Télévisions acquired the rights for the Six Nations tournament in a four-year deal with the Six Nations Committee, from 2010 to 2013, worth over €…
Boxing

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

Golf

The Dubai Sports Channel is set to win the rights for the 2009 Gulf Cup
Basketball

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

Boxing

Olympics: South African public-service broadcaster SABC acquired the rights for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and the 2012 Summer Olympics in London in a $18m (£9m/ €13m) deal with the International Ol…
Golf

Setanta’s acquisition of US PGA golf rights came after a fierce bidding war with incumbent rights-holder BSkyB.

Golf

Grass is greener market-by-market for Wimbledon
Baseball

The NBA’s renewal of its domestic television rights deals was the largest broadcast rights deal agreed in 2007

Golf

Falling ratings, bad timezone, no Japanese stars lead to no interest in US PGA Championship among Japanese broadcasters
Athletics

Cricket: Asian pay-broadcaster Zee Sports acquired the Indian cable and satellite rights to India’s three-Test series against Sri Lanka in a deal with the newly elected Board of Control for Cricket in India

Golf

Pay-TV broadcasters keen to win European Tour golf properties
Cricket

Football: Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset acquired Serie A highlights rights in a three-year deal

Cricket

Ice hockey: Nordic pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus acquired the live pay-television and pay-per-view rights for the Swedish Elitserien, the country’s top-tier league, from the Svenska Hockeyligan in a four-year deal, 2006-07 to 2009-10

Football

IMG, recenlty on the acquisition trail itself, could be a future target for French media group
Boxing

Viewer numbers fall but audience share increases during unseasonably hot weather
Golf

Pay-television newcomers Setanta in the UK and Arena in Germany are bidding strongly for US golf rights against the established pay-operators in their countries.

Football

Football: Czech commercial broadcaster Prima TV acquired the rights for Euro 2008, paying €4m (£2.6m) in a deal brokered by the Sportfive agency.