Swedish football having hard time getting top fees
Talks over the sale of Swedish football’s television rights have stalled
Prisa loses faith in pay-TV but can’t find buyer for Sogecable
Pay-television business has failed to grow despite dominant position since merger with Via Digital
Premier League ppv viewing, match-by-match
British Sky Broadcasting’s pay-per-view Premier League football service
World Cup rights go to ART, despite good free-TV bid
Middle East pay-television broadcaster Arab Radio and Television has won the region’s rights for the 2010 and 2014 World Cups
Brussels ruling could cripple NOS sports-buying
The European Commission is thought likely to rule early next year that Dutch public-service broadcaster NOS must pay back state subsidies
Late Indian deal salvages TV hopes for Melbourne
Deal signed this week by the organisers of next year’s Melbourne Commonwealth Games with Indian public-service broadcaster
Players: This isn’t TV as we know it
France’s Ligue 1 may delay its mobile-rights request for tenders because of a dispute with the players association
Technology key
Digital Video Broadcasting Handheld is the industry standard
Slow regulator is ‘powerless’ over mobile deals
The Italian communications authority, Autorità per le garanzie nelle comunicazioni, admitted this week that it will have difficulty regulating the market for television-to-mobile
T-Mobile goes for live World Cup
German mobile phone company T-Mobile is understood to be in talks with the Infront agency