SportBusiness Staff

It was one of the crown jewels of German sport until recently

The North American National Hockey League has effected a remarkable turnaround

North America’s National Hockey League is considering a pan-European television-rights offer from cable and satellite broadcaster Eurosport

Television audiences for the live matches shown in the opening six weeks of English football’s Premier League season increased

Ice hockey: US cable and satellite broadcaster Outdoor Life Network acquired the rights for the National Hockey League in a two-year deal for 2005-06 and 2006-07, worth $135m (£73.2m/€107.6m), paying $65m in the first year and $70m in the second.

Football: German pay-broadcaster Premiere acquired exclusive rights for the Champions League in a three-year deal from 2006-07 to 2008-09

Swedish broadcasters want the Svenska Fotbollförbundet, the Swedish Football Federation, to state how much controversial agent Rune Hauge will be paid to advise

Rai, the Italian state broadcaster, suffered its third setback over the football league’s rights

Indian sports fans face a stark choice next summer

The planned takeover of pan-European media group SBS Broadcasting by two private equity groups could lead to a break-up of the company