Analysis
Less is more for Austria as federation ditches Infront
The EBU won the rights for World Cup skiing events in Austria despite offering less than its main rival and the previous incumbent, the Infront Sports and Media agency.
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Globo said that it was in talks with the Team Marketing agency about the possibility of acquiring rights for European football’s Champions League competition from 2009-10 to 2011-12.
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Fast Track is facing tough talks with broadcasters for the 2010 Commonwealth Games rights
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Forthcoming negotiations for the domestic rights for English rugby union’s Guinness Premiership will act as an interesting barometer of the state of the UK sports rights market, three months before the start of football’s Premier League rights talks.
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Scant evidence of the credit crunch affecting the sports rights industry at this week’s Sportel trade fair in Monaco, which attracted record numbers of participants.
Fox-Ten rivalry drives rugby fees before credit crunch bites
The IRB secured a massive increase in television rights fees in Australia as pay broadcaster Fox Sports fought off a major challenge from free-to-air network Ten to win the rights for the 2011 and 2015 rugby union World Cups.
Italy sets high benchmark as IOC breaks up Europe
TV Rights Deals 2: World Series Athletics, Major League Baseball, Handball and more
TV Rights Deals 1: Champions League, World Cup, Bundesliga and more
Murdoch’s Sky Italia all set to be king of the market
Volleyball looks to grow with IMG
ATP 500s follow Masters’ footsteps
Globo backs Olympic sport despite Record coup
Televisa delivers ‘punch with gloves on’ to Univision
FASTRACK
Eurosport gets DFL off to flying start
Cooling market blows hot for Formula One and football
Top sports rights-holders Uefa and Formula One Management have achieved good rights-fee increases in Scandinavia.