State TV free to buy top rights
European Commission drops claim that public service broadcasters go beyond their remit by buying and broadcasting sport on an exclusive basis
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Ice-hockey, baseball, basketball and more
Ice hockey: Canadian public-service broadcaster CBC retained the rights for live coverage of the US National Hockey League in a six-year deal that will keep its flagship Hockey Night in Canada programme…
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Latest football deals in Europe and Americas
Football: UK commercial operator ITV and pay-broadcaster Setanta acquired the rights for the FA Cup knock-out competition and England national team matches in a four-year, £425m (€623m) deal with the En…
April sun takes shine off top UK sports events
Viewer numbers fall but audience share increases during unseasonably hot weather
Uefa may extend central selling
Centralisation of Uefa Cup rights leads to doubling of fees revenue
Lots of bidders, but rights fee set to fall heavily
Lack of top German competitors has led to a large drop in audiences since last rights sale
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Tennis, golf, athletics, motorsport and others
Tennis: Asian broadcaster Ten Sports sublicensed coverage of the finals of this year’s French Open tournament to rival pay-operator Zee Sports.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football, World Cup, Euro 2008 and others
Football: Spanish free-to-air broadcaster Cuatro sublicensed the non-exclusive rights to at least seven matches from the upcoming World Cup from rival broadcaster La Sexta in a deal worth €20m (£14m).
Ice-hockey, rugby and handball pull in the viewers
Football’s Champions League final was not the only major sporting event in May to attract good viewing for broadcasters around Europe.
Bonnier link finally gets TV4 its sports channel
Swedish commercial broadcaster TV4 has acquired a 51-per-cent stake in cable and satellite channel SportExpressen.f