Analysis
Traffic hails ‘massive’ increase in worldwide rights fees for Copa
Big increases in the US and Japan the highlights of a successful round of sales for Traffic Sports.
ERT steps in to save Greek Euroleague deal
Skai can't afford to keep rights as Greek ad market continues to tumble.
LFP and Televisa pin hopes on Mexican alliance
Forging links between French and Mexican clubs part of strategy to raise Ligue 1's profile.
ESS beats rivals to land Asian 2011 World Cup rights
Ambitious Eurosport and Setanta pushed ESS for pan-Asian rugby World Cup deal excluding key markets.
Court ruling questions US football federation’s authority
Court found federation and MLS operated cartel which could have damaged business of third-party promoter.
Canal Plus looks isolated as league rivals join forces
Canal Plus's one-time partner TP joins forces with TVN Group the day before Polish football league tender is released.
Big Six counter-offer to ambitious Uefa rights plan
Most powerful federations table a more modest centralisation proposal, and agencies try to undermine Uefa with long-term deals.
News in brief, Issue 14:9
BBC's failed offer was linked to London 2015 ... Gol TV subscribers on the up ... GAA to reduce live matches
Reborn NASL to challenge MLS
Traffic Sports agency to launch second-tier US football league modelled on "European" formats.
Will ATP and WTA create doubles team for media rights?
ATP and WTA have tentative talks on centralising media rights in bid to boost revenues and draw together a fragmented sport.
Early thumbs-up for Premier League content service
Broadcasters, telcos and agencies are among the 16 companies that carry the Premier League’s overseas channel, or content service, which has received positive feedback after its first two months of operation.
ORF pays more for national team
The Austrian football federation has secured a slight increase in its latest three-year deal with public-service broadcaster ORF.
Breakthrough in France after ERC lowers its sights
The recent Heineken Cup rugby deal in France brought to an end a negotiation that lasted well over a year, as French broadcasters resisted the demands of the rights-holders for rights fees comparable to those in the UK.
Agencies cast doubt on Uefa projections
Sports rights agencies have begun to question the revenue estimates and projections put forward last month by Uefa in its proposal to centralise federation rights to European Championship and World Cup qualifiers.
ESPN facing European fight for MLB, NHL rights
ESPN America, Disney’s pan-European, US sports network, is facing a critical couple of months as it looks to renew major rights contracts for Major League Baseball and ice-hockey’s National Hockey League.
NEWS IN BRIEF, issue 14:18
Sportfive Olympics sales start with the Kremlin ... NBA struggling in France and Italy ... Best-ever Ryder Cup for Sky
IEC: C4 deal is tipping point
The IAAF and IEC in Sports hope that last week's deal with Channel 4 for World Championship athletics will encourage other European commercial broadcasters to buy athletics rights.
Face-off leaves all sides confident in landmark Premier League case
This week saw the first submissions in the European Court of Justice case on the use of cheap foreign pay TV decoder cards by UK pubs to access Premier League coverage.