Analysis
Angry league attacks Rai ‘excuses’
Lega Basket, said that it was “very disappointed” that state broadcaster Rai had dropped its planned coverage of two key games from the climax to the domestic season.
Why small sports are taking control of TV production
Leading industry figures have encouraged small sports federations to create specialised in-house television production units.
Basketball ligue opts for more cash but fewer viewers
The French basketball league, Ligue Nationale de Basketball, has negotiated a much improved television rights fee for coverage of the domestic championship.
NBC close to new deal as it finds boxing’s sweet spot
US television network NBC is close to signing a follow-up agreement to its landmark deal with boxing promoter Main Events.
US club channels win favour, but cable deals are key
Basketball’s Houston Rockets and baseball’s Houston Astros are the latest US major league sports teams to launch their own regional sports channel.
Sport pushes for EU protection, but UK will kill plan
Italian bids box Uefa into corner
Uefa has been negotiating a deal for the Champions League rights with Mediaset for more than eight months.
Aigner is ‘right’ about Italy, but cartel claim ‘won’t help’
Premier TV viewing on a high
TF1 ditches world athletics
Who will pay for EC’s big ‘error’ over Premier League?
Asian rights for West Indies sold
Ten Sports beats competition from ESSS and Sony to sign four-year deal
Poor ad sales lead channels to drop coverage of Tests
Uefa faces battle to sell Champions in Latin America
Live Bundesliga fees to fall, despite option prices
Spanish league’s new rights deal ‘is meaningless’
Top TV Sports programmes in Europe
Football and winter sports dominate European sports viewing in the TV Sports Markets’ survey for March.