TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football, cricket, tennis, motorcycling and more
Football: Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset acquired Serie A highlights rights in a three-year deal
Lega Calcio set for 56% increase in TV rights fees
Adriano Galliani vindicated by 56-per-cent increase on the value of last season’s rights
ART bids high for World Cup in Middle East duel
Satellite-pay broadcaster Arab Radio and Television is understood to have submitted a bid of more than
TV deals for top league have get-out options
The Israeli Football Association has agreed three deals for the rights for the Israeli Premier League starting in the forthcoming season
Why World Cup rights will be a hard sell in Israel
Israeli pay-per-view company and agency Charlton has started talks with companies in the Israeli market
Euroleague sells own TV rights as clubs buy shares
European basketball’s Euroleague is selling its own television rights for the first time
Denmark’s TV2 likely to launch sports channel
Denmark’s state-owned commercial broadcaster TV2 is thought likely to launch a dedicated sports channel next year
New channel will be threat to Viasat and Canal Plus
New sports channel to be launched in Norway next year by commercial broadcaster TV2 and telecoms company Telenor
India heads for new rights row
The Board of Control for Cricket in India will issue another controversial television-rights tender next week.
Slow start for TV phone services
The Dutch and Belgian domestic football leagues, whose pioneering television-rights deals with telecom companies started this month, have begun their seasons with the bulk of live matches accessible to only a handful of intrepid subscribers