Analysis
Premiere owner bids to take on all Bundesliga rights
Audacious attempt to protect investment in Premiere and bolster near-monopoly on live Bundesliga rights
Why sports market should take off
Increased competition from Polsat for top sports rights could drive competition
Sky and league thrash Brussels, but re-match will be much tougher
Sky's exclusivity for next three years barely dented, but will share rights with at least one other broadcaster next time
Asian TV set for Fifa battle
Asian TV gears up for World Cup war with agencies
Murdoch may take stake in Polish TV and shake up sport
News Corp in talks to buy 33-per-cent stake in Polsat
Sharing Premier League ‘doesn’t work’ in Holland
Sharing has led to RTL losing heavily on the rights and has not helped Canal Plus win many subscribers
How Premier League will sell internationally
Live rights
International live rights (including the right to show full delayed games) have been split into two packages.
Package A: 306 to 314 games
Premier League strategy is good but risky model
Fifa and Uefa likely to adopt the model
BBC signs clip deal after price is cut
Rugby Football Union said that IRB’s asking price for clips risked “killing the goose”
RFU must wait for TV’s financial benefits of victory
Deals for England internationals and domestic club rugby have two years to run
C4 under fresh attack for giving sport ‘poorer’ slot
Broadcaster defends decision to move skiing coverage to "graveyard" slot
World Cups for rugby and cricket dominate Top 20
The rugby World Cup and the cricket World Cup account for 11 of the Top 20 most popular televised sports events on Australian television in 2003
Warren puts live undercard fights on internet ppv
First live internet boxing for UK from Ricky Hatton undercard
Where have all the stars gone?
Most experts put it down to a lack of boxing on network TV in the US
No-fees ESPN ‘set to quit boxing’
From next month, ESPN will no longer pay promoters $50K Friday Night Fights rights fee
HBO won’t copy Showtime move, but to do so would be good for boxing
Showtime's phasing out of multi-fight deals in favour of top single bouts will mean no obligation to sanctioning bodies
ITV may bring back boxing
Boxing one of a range of sports ITV is looking at “to replace” the Premier League
Brussels tells EBU: Your new rules aren’t good enough
Proposed changes would lead to non-members being able to acquire substantial Olympics coverage from EBU members on fair and reasonable terms