Rugby Union

Athletics

Rugby union: UK pay-broadcaster British Sky Broadcasting acquired the exclusive live rights to European club rugby’s Heineken Cup competition in the UK and Ireland in a four-year deal, from 2006-07 to 2…
Rugby Union

Australia’s Channel Nine looks set to acquire the rights for the 2007 rugby World Cup
Football

Football’s Champions League final was not the only major sporting event in May to attract good viewing for broadcasters around Europe.

Basketball

Basketball: Greek public-service broadcaster ERT acquired the rights to the 2009 and 2011 European Championships and the 2006 and 2010 World Championships in a deal with Fiba, the international basketball…
Rugby Union

Dramatic tournament attracts best-ever audiences in four key markets

Rugby Union

First ever pay-per-view coverage for Top 14
Football

Football: Caribbean sports cable channel SportsMax acquired the free-to-air and pay-television rights for all Fifa events from 2007 to 2014 in a deal worth $18m (£9.3m/€13.7m). 
Basketball

Football: South African public-service broadcaster SABC acquired a package of free-to-air rights for English football’s Premier League in a three-year deal from 2007-08 to 2009-10. 
Football

Football: Free-to-air broadcasters HRT (Croatia), RUV (Iceland) and TV3 (Slovenia), acquired exclusive live rights to all 31 matches of Euro 2008 in deals with the Sportfive agency, which is marketing…
Rugby Union

French pay-broadcaster Canal Plus will pay only a small increase in rights fees for a much greater number of matches in a new four-year deal for French rugby union’s top-tier domestic league, the Top 1…
Football

£3 million per year bid for English Premier League rights, compared to £9 million per year under existing deal
Cricket

Cricket:  Indian public-service broadcaster Doordarshan was awarded the domestic rights to the upcoming India v Pakistan series by the Madras High Court, which was ruling on the case brought by Indian broadcaster Zee Telefilms.

Cricket

The value to a sponsor of terrestrial television coverage against satellite coverage
Rugby Union

Rugby union’s Six Nations has secured significant rights fee increases

Boxing

Asian Games:  Indian public-service broadcaster Doordarshan acquired the exclusive rights in India for the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, paying $400,000 (£215,000/€313,000), an increase of $50,000 on what it paid for the previous Games.

Australian Rules Football

Australia’s television networks are gearing up for the first of several fierce rights battles

Football

Rugby Union:  Sanzar, the umbrella body representing the South African, New Zealand and Australian rugby football unions, agreed a five-year deal with Rupert Murdoch’s News and South African pay- broadcaster Supersport.

Rugby Union

The Six Nations championship boosted television audiences in all participating countries except Italy.