Analysis
Balancing act to exploit China
The International Badminton Federation is set to sign an unusual television-rights deal with the pan-Asian broadcaster ESPN Star Sports.
Forget cricket, Ciclitira banks all on Asian golf
David Ciclitira, former Chairman of World Sport Group, talked this week about how the financially-troubled agency split into two.
Masters expands world coverage
Fifty broadcasters around the world will show the tennis’s Masters series this year.
US ties up deals for Grand Slams and Masters
US network NBC acquired the rights for tennis’s French Open and is close to signing a new deal for the Wimbledon rights.
British snub for new super league
Great Britain is the only European country competing in the Samsung Nations Cup to show no interest in acquiring television coverage of the series.
Rai national team deal could be loser for federation
The Italian football federation has vigorously defended what appears to be a very poor television deal with state broadcaster Rai.
TV first for equestrian driving
Television coverage, in Europe and Asia, of a new equestrian driving series will be a first for the sport.
Hockey gets surprise TV coverage and hopes for more
Eurosport, the pan-European cable channel, devoted a surprising amount of coverage to the first hockey Indoor World Cup last week.
Why IMG faces option to sell
Agencies problems include debts, lack of performance incentives for senior management, and threats to long-term contracts from competitors
EBU broadcasters may be hit hard in battle with Brussels
EC believes bigger EBU broadcasters do not need collective-buying power framework
NBC’s all-day olympics ‘won’t help’ for next deal
US network NBC’s plan for a huge increase in its coverage of the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens was welcomed by the IOC.
League under club pressure to do the impossible
Richard Scudamore is caught in a quandary about how and when to go out to tender for the next round of the league’s television rights.
Timing bad for league’s defence of rights deal
Several industry observers believe that the time is particularly good for the Premier League to defend its exclusive, centrally-sold television deals.
BBC buys heavyweight balance
The BBC is seeking to strengthen its boxing portfolio by signing up one of the most highly-regarded young heavyweight prospects in the UK.
Sky football deal safe from new law
The Irish Government is to abandon plans to use listed-events legislation retrospectively to strike down BSkyB’s deal for the matches of the national football team.
Top Italian clubs in push for breakaway super league
Italy’s top clubs are to push for the creation of a breakaway superleague, along the lines of England’s Premier League.
EC hits league with boss’s quotes
The EC has used the views of Richard Scudamore to undermine the league’s arguments in favour of retaining the central selling of its TV rights.
Europe 2002
The Salt Lake City Winter Olympics and football’s World Cup in Japan and Korea were the two major events that dominated European sports viewing in 2002.