Canal Plus starts post-merger era with paltry bid
£3 million per year bid for English Premier League rights, compared to £9 million per year under existing deal
Spain plays the waiting game
Broadcasters stall negotiations for Euro 2008 rights until national team's qualification prospects become clearer
Czech TV loses rights after Prima surprise bid
Sportfive receives 80-per-cent rights fee increase for Euro 2008 rights in Czech Republic
Versatel’s ADSL football plans are ‘too optimistic’
Experts not convinced €30.5 million a season investment will be successful.
Nine lets Ten walk away with sliding Masters
Network Ten the only free-to-air bidder for 2007 US Masters
CBC to keep NHL after commercial challenge fades
Canadian public-service broadcaster CBC is expected to renew its long-standing rights deal with US ice-hockey’s National Hockey League, although it will have to pay more and share the most attractive m…
SBS wins Holland rights with bonus but no tender
Dutch commercial broadcaster SBS6 extended its contract for the television rights for the Dutch national football team’s matches
Dutch, Belgian pay-TV copes with no top football
Increases in subscribers bring value of domestic league football rights into question
Aggressive Setanta faces hard task to win Premier place
Setanta to put live Premier League football on digital-terrestrial TV, BSkyB follow suit
New grand prix prompts media giant to buy rights
Turkish grand prix has prompted Turkey’s biggest media company, Dogan, to acquire the domestic television rights to Formula One