Analysis
ESPN Deportes plots future
ESPN Deportes explains long-term strategy for growing US Spanish-language market
Mediaset the winner
Mediaset deals
BoxNation strikes rights deals
BoxNation buys big bouts
Pro12 rugby talks under way
Pro12 renewing
Fis looks for more from EBU
EBU in skiing talks
ARD/ZDF may yet join EBU qualifiers deal
ARD/ZDF could yet join EBU qualifiers deal
Mixed Iberian fortunes
Mixed Iberian fortunes
Time Warner adds more MLS
Time Warner buys more MLS rights
Watching Brief (Vol.51) Special Focus: Football – English League Cup
Pauline McVey, analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, examines viewing for English football’s League Cup in first year of new television and title sponsorship deal
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Santa Mónica dispute threatens France v Spain
France v Spain blackout
BT lifted by ESPN deal, but the battle with Sky has only just begun
BT has got a good deal with the ESPN buy-out but still faces an uphill struggle in battle with Sky
Suitors lining up to buy profitable ESPN America
ESPN America sell-off attracts Eurosport, Setanta and Liberty
Rai pays less for Giro rights but RCS still ahead
Rai pays less for Giro rights and more for production, but the real money will be made abroad
Canal Plus fightback gathers pace
Handball deal is latest sign of Canal Plus fightback against aggressive Al Jazeera
Neo beats Sony and Taj to New Zealand rights
Neo explains why it bid big for New Zealand cricket rights
Silva channel plan gets off to strong start with First
Silva finds radical solution to impasse in Indonesian market
CCTV could pay for ratings flop with loss of rights
F1 ratings flop costly for CCTV
ABU left to pick up the scraps as IOC carves out even more markets
IOC carves out five more Asian markets to handle in-house and further weaken ABU rights; Frustrated Barton blasts ABU