SportBusiness Staff

The dispute between Israeli pay-television companies Charlton and Sport 5 has been refuelled in two legal battles involving the country’s football association.

The Champions League incumbent broadcasters in Turkey and Portugal have to pay more than last time to hang on to their rights.

Yahoo and Microsoft’s MSN are hoping to make a big move into cricket in a bid to target a worldwide Asian audience.

The IOC will travel to South Korea to start preliminary talks about the broadcast rights for the 2010 and 2012 Olympic Games.

The joint venture of Dentsu and Infront will be banking heavily on getting good revenue from China.

The new television rights deals agreed by the Eredivisie, are a dual gamble

The International Hockey Federation has dropped sports agency to take its rights in house.

French football’s Ligue 1 rights the most expensive in the world

Cricket: The Nimbus Sport agency acquired the worldwide television rights to cricket in India in a four-year deal with the Board of Control for Cricket in India. Nimbus will pay $612

·   Football: Polish public-service broadcaster TVP and commercial broadcaster Polsat agreed a joint-deal for the 2006 World Cup with the Infront agency worth €15m (£10.3m).  TVP