Analysis

Football

HiTV's loss of its Premier League rights have raised fears it will not be able to pay for other rights, including Uefa Champions League and Europa League.
Cricket

Nimbus Communications believes launching its channel in new markets will be more lucrative than selling Indian cricket rights into those countries.
Rugby Union

Sky tempted by 2015 World Cup ... Neo turns down ESS for Sony ... Premier League drops Win TV.
Tennis

A three-broadcaster deal involving TVE, Telecinco and Sogecable looks set to end a remarkably complex negotiation.

Mixed Martial Arts

The Ultimate Fighting Championship drew its second-biggest pay-per-view audience ever last weekend.

Sources say Rupert Murdoch plans to unify Europe's News Corp-owned pay-television broadcasters.

Football

IMG has bought the overseas rights for the league in a deal brokered by agency Muy Manero.

Football

The Hong Kong pay-broadcaster's fee matches the total amount Manchester United earned from overseas sales of its channel over the last three years.
Football

The BBC and ITV are refusing to meet Fifa's asking price for Euro 2012, but the broadcasters could be undermined by a European court ruling this autumn.
Athletics

EAA set for one-year EBU renewal ... Warren attacks BBC and ITV ... Premier League double in Denmark
Football

Fifa is claiming its 3D broadcasts of the World Cup a success despite criticism by some that it was a premature use of the new technology.

Cycling

The Giro d'Italia's promoter is claiming its tough line on doping has contributed to increases in markets such as Germany, the UK and Belgium-Flanders.
Football

Greece's broadcasters are pushing to renegotiate sports rights contracts as the country's economy battles with massive debts.
Football

The telco is about to pick up the Champions League rights dropped last month by Boom, the insolvent pay-television broadcaster.
Football

Europe's World Cup broadcasters are praising the production of World Cup footage, despite early reservations replays and slow-motions shots, and the blaring of vuvuzelas.
Football

Carsten Schmidt, chief officer of sports, advertising sales and internet at Sky Deutschland, tells TV Sports Markets why Sky Deutschland is finally primed for growth.

Cricket

O'Brien comes out fighting over IPL ... Sportklub looks for elbow room ... Canal Plus to hold Wimbledon

Football

A New York court has ruled in favour of Google-YouTube in its long-running copyright infringement case with Viacom and a host of sports rights-holders.