Analysis
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‘Flexible’ Fifa embarks on 2010 World Cup mobile sales
TV Rights Deals 1: Football: La Liga, Bundesliga, Premier League and more
TV Rights Deals 2: The latest baseball, handball and Aussie Rules deals
Anti-trust threat hovers over Lega’s collective sale success
‘Pirate’ YouTube lifts minor sports
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ESPN spree leaves sports grateful for small mercies
Germany’s Bundesliga and martial arts’ Ultimate Fighting Championship are among only a handful of sports rights properties to have avoided major rights-fee cuts in the UK following Setanta’s collapse.
Ofcom shadow hangs over next Premier League sale
Armstrong comeback boosts Le Tour audiences
The return of Lance Armstrong to this year’s Tour de France looks to have played a key role in driving strong television audiences on both sides of the Atlantic.
One gets good start in hard market – but Fox doesn’t care
Relief for racing tempered by BBC’s harsh reality
UK horseracing achieved its goal in securing over 90 days of racing on terrestrial television.
Setanta looking for investors to keep it in tough US game
TV Rights Deals 1: Football: Serie A, La Liga, Uefa, Africa Cup of Nations and more
TV Rights Deals 2: All the latest cricket, cycling, extreme sport and ESPN UK deals
Infront gives TV what it wants, will TV return the favour?
The Infront agency looks close to achieving a result which defies market logic: increasing the Lega Calcio’s rights fees without generating any direct competition between media operators.
All options open for Abu Dhabi
ART and Showtime are already lobbying to carry the Abu Dhabi Media Company’s Premier League coverage after the group shocked its rivals by acquiring the rights to English football’s top-tier league two weeks ago.