New Zealand

Cricket
Africa

Football: Dutch commercial broadcaster Talpa acquired the rights to domestic knockout competition the KNVB Cup in a four-year deal with the Dutch football Association, KNVB.

Football
Africa

Football: The Dentsu and Infront agencies acquired the Rest of Asia rights to the 2010 and 2014 World Cups in a deal with Fifa, football’s world governing body.

Bobsleigh/skeleton
Asia

Football: The English Premier League signed deals in Asia, Australia and North America for its live rights for the three seasons from 2007-08 to 2009-10
Football
Asia

The Fox Soccer Channel and pay-operator Setanta acquired the Premier League rights in the USA for $57 million.

Cricket
New Zealand

Future of sport on New Zealand public service television in doubt after TVNZ loses Olympics to Sky Television and Prime
Basketball
Africa

Football: Polish pay-television operator Canal Plus acquired the main package of Serie A rights for the three years from 2007-08 to 2009-10 in a deal with the Media Partners and Silva agency.

Football
Australia

Olympics: TVNZ, New Zealand’s public-service broadcaster, exercised an option to acquire the new-media rights for the 2008 Beijing Olympics in a deal with the International Olympic Committee. 
Cricket
Asia

Availability of Australian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan, New Zealand, West Indies players in doubt due to clashes with scheduled tours
Rugby Union
Africa

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

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…
Football
Africa

English Premier League to receive £74 million over three years from sale of mobile and internet clip rights

Football
Africa

Olympics: Hong Kong pay-television broadcaster I-Cable Communications acquired the new media rights for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and all media rights for the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver and…
Rugby Union
New Zealand

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

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

Cricket
Australia

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

Tennis: US network NBC and cable broadcaster ESPN are set to acquire the rights for the Wimbledon tournament in two separate four-year deals, 2008 to 2011
Athletics
Denmark

Motorsport: US motor racing series Nascar finalised a series of eight-year deals worth an overall $4.5bn (£2.6bn/€3.8bn), a 40-per-cent increase on its present deals.

Athletics
Australia

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