India

Doordarshan looks set to win the exclusive television rights for Pakistan cricket tour

Yahoo and Microsoft’s MSN are hoping to make a big move into cricket in a bid to target a worldwide Asian audience.

The joint venture of Dentsu and Infront will be banking heavily on getting good revenue from China.

Cricket: The Nimbus Sport agency acquired the worldwide television rights to cricket in India in a four-year deal with the Board of Control for Cricket in India. Nimbus will pay $612

Proposal for alternative international-cricket schedule.

Ten Sports have 55-per-cent share of sports channel audience in cable and satellite homes.

Football: The German Football League awarded the rights for the Bundesliga in several three-year deals covering 2006-07 to 2008-09.

Australian, English, South African, New Zealand, Zimbabwean boards to benefit from new Asian television rights deals.

$612 million deal signed by the Nimbus Sport agency for worldwide television rights for cricket played in India is looking increasingly risky.