Russia
Russia

Formula One Management is in talks with three Russian broadcasters
Russia

The A1 Grand Prix organisers were this week finalising last-minute television deals
Football
Russia

The Sportfive agency is to sue Russian commercial broadcaster 7TV over a string of allegedly unpaid rights fees
Football
Asia

Brazilian and Argentinian world tour friendly matches sold to Japan Sports Marketing
Football
Asia

Football: German public-service broadcasters ARD/ZDF acquired the live and delayed rights for all 64 matches of the 2014 World Cup from Fifa, football’s world governing body. 
Football
Russia

Government intervention to force free-to-air coverage
Football
Asia

Football: Czech commercial broadcaster Prima TV acquired the rights for Euro 2008, paying €4m (£2.6m) in a deal brokered by the Sportfive agency.
Football
Russia

Russian state broadcaster RTR acquired the rights for the 2006 World Cup
Cricket
Albania

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.

Football
Europe

A civil war between two powerful factions in Russian football’s Premier League could threaten the league’s television-rights deals.

Football
Canada

Olympics:  The Bell Globemedia-Rogers Communications consortium won the Canadian rights to the 2010 and 2012 Olympics

Football
Europe

RTR is the big loser in the latest round of television deals
Football
New Zealand

Football: Russia’s Premier League is set to sign a three-year deal worth $17m (£9m/€13m) a season for its rights from the 2005 season with the Fedcom-media agency

Football
Russia

Russian football’s Premier League is to sell its domestic television rights in a deal representing a 300-per-cent increase
Football
Europe

NTV Plus set to acquire domestic rights for the Russian Premier League.

Athletics
Afghanistan

Pan-European broadcaster acquires content specifically for the region for the first time.