Analysis
Stage set for ESPN after curtain falls on struggling Setanta
The dramatic, last-minute collapse of what was itself an eleventh-hour bid to rescue Setanta sets the stage for global sports network ESPN to finally make its move in the UK market.
Ufa pips rivals in handball race
UK gold rush to end as Setanta hits rock bottom
The collapse of Setanta’s Premier League deal marks the end of what has been a golden period for sports-rights holders in the UK.
Orange targets tennis in return to the rights market
NOS: No more football deals for at least two years
German handball boom sees DSF bag Bundesliga rights
Germany's Handball Bundesliga secured a good increase in rights fees this week after agreeing an all-inclusive deal with free-to-air sports broadcaster DSF.
Cheap Twenty20 hits new highs for cheerful BSkyB
The ICC’s World Twenty20 tournament has helped UK pay-broadcaster BSkyB smash its record audiences for any sport outside football.
TV Rights Deals 1: 2010 World Cup, Uefa and other deals
TV Rights Deals 2: Cricket, handball, Olympics, tennis and college sport deals
Top league audiences rise, but growth too late to save Setanta
Domestic pay-television television audiences for live coverage of the 2008-09 season of English, Italian and French domestic football have all risen in comparison with the previous year.
FASTRACK
Mixed results for Champions League despite dream final
The cumulative average television audience across the big five European markets for this season’s Champions League final was 27 per cent up on the final in 2007-08.