How ITV and Setanta joined forces for final bid
Broadcasters adjusting bidding tactics to beat BBC and BSkyB
BBC viewing for FA Cup falls third successive year
Television audiences for this season’s FA Cup fell four per cent on 2003-04, the third successive season that the BBC’s ratings for the competition have fallen. P
Takeover target Setanta has still to prove itself
Pay broadcaster needs to quadruple subscriber base to recoup rights fees outlay
League deal with no tender set to be scrapped
Danish regulators act to prevent anti-competitive movements in the television sports market
Modern Times throws down league gauntlet
Pan-Scandinavian broadcaster Modern Times Group has thrown down the gauntlet in Norway
Uefa will gain from end of Italian collusion
Uefa expects to enjoy a significant increase in the value of the next round of Champions League rights in Italy
F1 viewing falls in UK despite new star Hamilton
German viewing also falls, Spain and Italy see audiences rise
Indian TV waits for cricket vote
The next television rights tender for Indian cricket is likely to be delayed
Athletics deal for IMG, but will it be very golden?
The IMG/TWI agency is set to win a bidding process for the worldwide television rights to athletics’ Golden League Series
Life may be richer beyond EBU
Rights talks between the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique and the European Broadcasting Union collapsed this week over renewing a deal for the sport’s top events.