Three bids for Russian TV rights
Formula One Management is in talks with three Russian broadcasters
TF1 pays more for F1 as ratings rise and M6 looms
French commercial broadcaster TF1 renewed its deal for Formula One rights
Fifa set to decide World Cup rights
Fifa, world football’s governing body, will decide on its television World Cup rights awards in the US, and possibly also the Middle East
M6 finally wins landmark sports deal
French commercial broadcaster M6’s acquisition of 31 matches for next year’s football World Cup
TV fees rising again! Yes, but…
So where are we now with European rights values?
NRK deal with pay-TV points to dangers of sports battle
An alliance between Norwegian public-service broadcaster NRK and one of Scandinavia’s largest pay-television operators, Modern Times Group, creates a third major rights-buying superpower
European cable looks to football to challenge DTH
The established satellite operators are facing new competition from cable for domestic football rights
Cricket’s whisky sponsorship leads to tv blackout
Cricket’s inaugural Super Series is being blacked-out in Pakistan and Bangladesh
NHL in shock U-turn as it drops Eurosport deal
European pay-channel North American Sports Network this week signed a shock last-minute deal
Channels gamble on raising ppv football prices
Italian commercial broadcasters Mediaset and La7 are taking a big gamble by increasing the prices of pay-per-view football