Hong Kong

Football
Africa

Asian fees alone likely to exceed £40 million
Football
Asia

Singapore, Malaysia and the Indian sub-continent and likely to be the next Asian territories to sign television rights deals for football’s World Cup

Football
Asia

MP & Silva, Sportfive and Rai Trade agencies estimated to have brought in about €100 million overall for 2007-08 season

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…
Asia

Lack of national representation or medal hopes and rescheduling of events to suit US audiences hits Asian broadcasters' chances of recouping rights outlay
Asia

Free-to-air broadcasters fear that IOCs commitment to getting widest possible exposure for Games is becoming compromised by push to maximise revenues.
Cricket
Asia

Goal now has strategic partnerships in three of the five key South and South East Asian markets
Football
Africa

Football: African pay-television broadcaster Supersport acquired the rights for the South African Premier Soccer League, the country’s top-tier football league, in a five-year deal, 2007-08 to 2011-12, w…
Football
Asia

I-Cable pays out to keep crucial content as battle with PCCW continues
American Football
Asia

Figure Skating: US network NBC acquired the rights for US figure skating in a three-year deal with the US Figure Skating Association, covering the national championships and the international Skate America…
Cricket
Asia

Tennis: Asian broadcaster Ten Sports sublicensed coverage of the finals of this year’s French Open tournament to rival pay-operator Zee Sports.

Golf
Asia

Pay-television newcomers Setanta in the UK and Arena in Germany are bidding strongly for US golf rights against the established pay-operators in their countries.

Football
Asia

The English Premier League looks set to boost the sale of its international rights in Asia.

Football
Albania

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…
Football
Asia

Competition between PCCW and i-Cable results in near-tripling of rights fees
Africa

The IOC will also start separate talks this spring in Hong Kong, a rights territory which, like China, has been treated as part of the ABU deal until now
Asia

Top markets may be carved out from European television-rights deal for 2014 and 2016 Olympics