SportBusiness Staff

Premiere dependent on money raised by flotation

Formula 1: Grand Prix Entertainment, a company created by DIC Entertainment and the Wasserman Media Group, acquired Formula 1 rights in the US.

Rugby Union:  Sanzar, the umbrella body representing the South African, New Zealand and Australian rugby football unions, agreed a five-year deal with Rupert Murdoch’s News and South African pay- broadcaster Supersport.

Ynon Kreiz has quit as European head of Haim Saban

Fifa’s 2010 World Cup European tender in three separate packages

Belgian broadcasters refuse to rule out taking legal action

Motorsport: German pay-broad-caster Premiere acquired the exclusive live rights for motor racing’s Nascar and Indycar series for the 2006 season.

·   Football: The Dentsu and Infront agencies acquired the Rest of Asia rights to the 2010 and 2014 World Cups in a deal with Fifa, football’s world governing body.  De

Criticism of the list of French protected sports events.

Nascar will get a big increase in television rights fees