Rugby League

Basketball
Asia

The Deutscher Fussball-Bund, the German football federation, signed a five-year extension, ending 2009, to its television rights deal with German public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF

Cricket
Asia

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.

Athletics
Australia

Motorsport: German pay-broadcaster Premiere extended its deal for live Formula One rights by one year, until the end of the 2007 season.

Cricket
Africa

Rugby League: UK pay-broadcaster BSkyB and public-service broadcaster the BBC acquired the rights for the top-tier Super League, the second-tier National League, international matches and the Challenge…
Rugby League
Europe

Rugby League signs deal with BSkyB and BBC, and receives big boost in rights fee income
Rugby League
Europe

Rugby league’s Super League grand final between St Helens and Hull attracted the league’s highest-ever live television audience for a match shown by BSkyB.

Football
Africa

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

Champions League, Football League, Rugby League and Rugby World Cup properties on the market in next few weeks

Athletics
Denmark

Poor viewing for the European athletics championships in Gothenburg will not help the European Athletics Association get the fee increase it is trying to get.

Golf
Europe

Pay-TV broadcasters keen to win European Tour golf properties
Athletics
Australia

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…
Athletics
Asia

Athletics: The Dentsu agency, acting on behalf of the International Association of Athletics Federations, brokered three-year deals with broadcasters in China, Korea and New Zealand covering the 2007 and…
Australian Rules Football
Australia

Australian Rules: Australian pay-television operator Foxtel acquired pay-television rights for the Australian Football League in a sub-licensing deal worth A$315
Australian Rules Football
Australia

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

Cricket
Asia

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