Analysis

Football

Fans will pay more to watch, investors will not see a return for a long time, clubs would have earned more from Sky Italia
Athletics

Rugby and football associations expect listing to hit finances, cricket board welcomes chance to get good price for rights
Cycling

List comprises 21 sports events considered to be of “major importance to society”
Football

Chief Exec says at least half of 62 third- and fourth-choice package matches will be on ppv
Football

So was the bidding process for the Premier League’s live rights anti-competitive, as the European Commission believes it might have been?  Several competition lawyers believe that there is a strong ar…
Basketball

Cable operator pays €25m for Canal Plus Nederlands pay channels, Canal Satelliet Digitaal
Boxing

Competition in German market has been curtailed by depressed television market and colluding broadcasters
Football

Formula 1, ice hockey’s World Championships dominated the May charts in TV Sports Markets monthly survey of European sports viewing.
Boxing

The plan of a US television executive to launch a dedicated boxing channel in the US is being regarded with a large amount of scepticism.
Basketball

Spanish basketball’s ACB Liga is facing a financial crisis as it struggles to agree a new television contract for next season.
Basketball

European basketball’s Euroleague has been thrown a lifeline by Spain’s fourth-largest bank.

The European Commission’s revision of the Television Without Frontiers directive is likely to leave the directive’s controversial listed-events provisions largely untouched.

European Union member states are being won over by the claim of news agencies that the limits on reporting sports events are an unacceptable restriction on freedom of information.
Football

German commercial channel Sat.1’s winning bid for the live rights to football’s Champions League over the next three seasons opens the way for ARD.
Football

Newly signed deals in Spain and Germany confirm that the Uefa Champions League is heading for a major drop in television rights fees in four of Europe’s five major markets.

“The Olympics are not a sporting event. They are the only great family viewing experience left on all of American television.”
Football

The Premier League’s planned tender of its television rights is good news for British Sky Broadcasting.
Football

Champions League television viewing rose by eight per cent across Europe’s top six football television markets this season.