Analysis
Canal Plus makes profit on Ligue 1 international rights
Canal Plus Events will generate about €18.5 million (£14.5 million) from the sale of international rights for Ligue 1.
GolTV launch casts further shadows over Digital Plus sale
The launch of Spanish agency Mediapro’s new football channel, GolTV, has come at a particularly bad time for Prisa.
Record Romanian deal at risk in row over reach
Romanian commercial broadcaster Antena is resisting pressure to sublicense two weekly matches to a rival channel.
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Regulator’s attack suggests loophole in collective-selling law
Attack by Italy’s antitrust authority could lead to a reform of the recent collective-selling law and potentially allow a return to individual selling by the back door.
Antenna moves into sport as RTL enters Greek market
Greek commercial channel Antenna 1 is set to snatch Formula One rights
Opening ceremony draws China’s biggest-ever TV audience
Chinese state broadcaster CCTV’s coverage of the Opening Ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Games attracted the country’s largest-ever television audience.
World Cup boost for Sogecable sports portfolio
Acquiring the 2010 football World Cup rights was crucial for Spanish pay-television operator Sogecable
No Liga for launching Mediapro channel
Spanish rights agency Mediapro will launch its new football channel, Canal de Fútbol, later this month but will have to do so without any domestic La Liga football.
New season, new crisis: same old story for Serie A
Italian football appears to be heading for its annual last-minute television-rights crisis
Now ECB and BBC in radio battle
ECB tough negotiations with public-service broadcaster the BBC for radio rights.
TVI threatens legal action over bartered EBU rights
Portuguese commercial broadcaster TVI is considering taking legal action
Trend emerges in African boom
This week’s sale of African rights for French Ligue 1 domestic football provides further evidence of the continent’s booming sports rights market
EBU faces uphill task as IOC looks beyond united front
The early signs are not good for the European Broadcasting Union
UAE league goes local in ART blow
A planned media auction for the live broadcast rights for the United Arab Emirates’ newly-formed top-tier domestic football league, the Pro League, never got off the ground
Sport spared as La7 faces up to spending cuts
Italian commercial broadcaster La7 said last week that its sports coverage would not be a victim of the major spending cuts