Analysis
Bundesliga may not be good model for UK, as EC claims
Commission formally approves Uefa changes to Champions League rights sales, praises DFL tender
Sports channel, by Al-Jazeera
Channel to be broadcast free via satellite throughout Middle East
BBC increases fee for must-have UK athletics
Fast Track secures four-year, £22m deal
ECB’s Sibley adds his old job of advising ECB
Relationship with Octagon CSI over
RTP set to sell stake in pay-TV sports channel
Sportinveste and PT Multimedia likely to buy
Regulator has to accept Canal Plus signing all clubs
And how the bidding was supposed to go...
FA sponsor: This is the trade-off we prefer
Pepsi claim they are not getting the coverage they bought, say they will speak to FA
Why only UK raised its TV fees for Euro Cup
Limited competition and lack of a powerful, willing pay-TV operator leads to hefty falls in rights fees in big Euro markets
Why Sky let BBC take all England’s home matches
Tender document suggested FA was prepared to 'sacrifice its principles',
How Irish FA changed its deals
Pay-television company BSkyB paid €7.5 million for the exclusive live-rights for all Ireland’s home internationals – friendlies and qualifiers for Euro 2004 and the 2006 World Cup.
Irish FA asks state to repay Sky’s lost exclusivity cash
The Football Association of Ireland is demanding compensation of €2 million (£1.44 million) from the Irish government.
Berlusconi is double champion
Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi won twice over in this year’s Champions League.
Rai’s anger with EBU linked to winter Olympics
Italian state broadcaster threats to renege on agreed contribution to Euro 2004 cost
Brussels aims to let Sky win only half top TV games
The European Commission is demanding that England’s Premier League sells its main live rights in two packages with the same number of games and with matches of equal merit.
Top TV Sports programmes in Europe
Qualifying matches for football’s European Championship next year dominated the April charts in TV Sports Markets monthly survey.
Amaury ‘wise to go for golf, but not’ equestrian driving
The move by Amaury, owner of the commercial rights to cycling’s Tour de France, into golf and equestrianism has brought a mixed response from observers.
EC pushes for near-live showing of Premier games
Senior UK government officials are to lobby the European Commission to accept the Premier League’s collective selling of television rights.
Poland fights over Premier-style for autonomy
Poland’s top two football clubs are in dispute with smaller league clubs and the national football association over the proposed structure of a new Polish football league.