Rugby Union

Rugby Union
Europe

UK rugby union's top-tier clubs to sell rights separately from national governing body
Football

Kentaro are the contracted party, but the agency set up by the former Octagon CSI sales team fronted the bid and will sell the rights
Football
Africa

Football: Danish commercial broadcaster TV2 acquired the rights for the Danish national team home matches, paying DKr41.5m (£3.9m/ €5.6m
Basketball
Asia

Boxing: German commercial broadcaster RTL acquired the rights for the next four fights of Ukrainian heavyweight boxer Wladimir Klitschko in a deal with the Sportfive agency worth €10m (£6.8m).

Rugby Union
Asia

ESPN Australia consolidated its position in the country’s pay-television market by outbidding Fox Sports for European rugby union’s Heineken Cup rights.

Football
Africa

African deal paves the way for IMG contract extension
Basketball
Asia

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 €…
Rugby Union
Africa

Rugby World Cup viewing in Europe, Oceania, Argentina, South Africa
Football
Europe

Surprise decision not to bid aggressively for 'perfect fit' rights
Rugby Union
Europe

Commercial broadcaster competition forcing BBC and France Télévisions to pay increased fees for Rugby World Cup
Rugby Union
Africa

A new five-year deal for South African rugby is the latest example of pay-broadcaster Supersport’s land-grab of top rights
Rugby Union
New Zealand

Row between government and commercial broadcaster TV3 over refusal to allow advertising around All-Blacks matches on Sunday mornings
Football
Europe

Champions League, Football League and Heineken Cup rights-holders should be confident of strong rights-fee increases next time round

Rugby Union
Africa

Advertisers keen on rugby as it attracts affluent males

Boxing
Australia

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

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…
Rugby Union
Europe

French rugby union’s Ligue Nationale de Rugby expects to bring in an increased fee for the next period of television rights starting in the 2007-08 season.

Baseball
Argentina

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