RIGHTS FEES
=> Domestic TV rights for Australia’s 2011 cricket tour of Sri Lanka have been awarded by Sri Lanka Cricket to national network, Rupavahini, in a record deal worth Rs22 mil (US$200,600). The initial offer made by Rupavahini was Rs17 mil (US$155,010), which was topped by rival bidder, Carlton Sports Network, with Rs20.1 mil (US$183,277). The final price settled by Rupavahini is the highest ever for local TV rights received by SLC. Meanwhile, local radio rights were awarded to Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation for Rs750,000 (US$6,840), also the highest received for rights of its kind. Australia’s tour of Sri Lanka begins 6th Aug. The tour consists of two Twenty20 matches, five ODIs and three Tests, with the final Test to playbetween 16th-20th Sep.
=> The French soccer federation (FFF) awarded domestic rights to the France’s Division 1 Féminine to France Télévisions (FT) and Eurosport starting with the 2011/12 season. FT is to show 6 matches while Eurosport will broadcast 5 live matches and 6 further games in co-production with FT. The two paid a total of €110,000 ($155,940) for rights. Meanwhile, the men's league has launched an iPhone application ahead of the new season. The application will offer news and alerts for games from Ligue 1, Ligue 2 and the Coupe de la Ligue competition, including team line-ups one hour before kick-off.
BROADCAST & RIGHTS DISTRIBUTION
=> Sportfive has agreed deals with 7 national soccer associations in Europe to sell international broadcast rights respective home qualifiers for the FIFA 2014 World Cup; Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Switzerland. Sportfive now directly or indirectly represent 37 of the 53 member countries of UEFA for the WC2014 qualifiers. Meanwhile, five of the teams represented by Kentaro have been drawn in the same World Cup qualification group as Germany. Sweden, the Rep. of Ireland, Austria, Kazakhstan and the Faroe Islands are in Group C along with Germany.
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