Setanta, maybe Warren, goes East
Top UK sports rights executive Trevor East will take on a number of roles – as well as becoming director of sports at Irish-based pay-broadcaster Setanta.
EBU will stick together for top rights
European Broadcasting Union claims will continue to bid for top sports rights with all its members.
CBC threatens legal action after curling quits deal
The Canadian Curling Association could find it difficult to agree a new television deal after pulling out of its four-year contract with CBC, the Canadian public-service broadcaster, after only one year
ESS wins Asian F1 rights but has to pay high
Bernie Ecclestone signed a five-year deal with pan-Asian broadcaster ESPN Star Sports for pay rights for Formula One throughout Asia, except Japan and China, worth $18 million (£10.4 million/€15.1 million).
TWI wins deal to boost Olympics in hard countries
The International Olympic Committee has hired the TWI agency as consultants
Serie A clubs finally break away
A breakaway Italian super league, along the lines of England’s Premier League, will be in place next season
Sportfive to sue Russian TV
The Sportfive agency is to sue Russian commercial broadcaster 7TV over a string of allegedly unpaid rights fees
Look, no collusion, says Italy. But will competition last?
The high-value deals agreed by Italian state-broadcaster Rai for football’s World Cup and Champions League mark a major change in the sports-finance
Czech winner in threat to pull out of TV rights deal
Czech Television acquired the rights for the Gambrinus Liga, but it is threatening to pull out of the deal unless the football association tackles new corruption accusations.
Olympiacos deal changes structure of TV football
The decision of Greek league champions Olympiacos to sell its television rights to public-service broadcaster ERT has led to a radical re-alignment of the rights for the country’s top football league.