Analysis
Live Superbowl wins steady Euro-ratings
American Football’s Superbowl was broadcast live by four terrestrial channels in Europe.
IMG cuts salaries, Octagon cuts staff
The hard times for sports agencies continue.
A tougher C4 says it’s not going to drop its big sports
Is UK broadcaster Channel 4 losing interest in sport?
Second-rate Cup wins 4th-round ratings success
BBC chairman Gavyn Davies is calling the FA Cup “a second-rate competition”.
Why highlights are ‘overpriced’
German commercial channel Sat.1 argues that the highlights rights for the Bundesliga are overpriced.
Bundesliga deals ‘safe’, even if new owner is unhappy
The Deutsche Fussball Liga, which runs Germany’s top football league, the Bundesliga, has rejected claims that its television deals are at risk.
TV bidding game: wild cards and maybe-bidders
The emergence of wild-card bidders for the Champions League television rights could kick start competition in Germany, Italy, and Spain.
Selling Golden League TV rights ‘will be tough’
Athletics Managements and Services have said that selling the television rights for the Golden League will be tough.
Sony in need of more Asian deals
Sony is struggling to conclude sub-licensing deals for the cable and satellite rights for this year’s cricket World Cup in Asia outside India and Nepal.
Sony battles over Asian deals on cricket World Cup
Sony Entertainment Television is in dispute with rights agency Global Cricket Corporation over the exclusivity of its Asian rights deal for the 2003 and 2007 cricket World Cups.
Battles won and lost by agencies
The International Olympic Committee and the local organisers of the Sydney Games in 2000 tried to exclude television news agencies from the Olympic Park.
How news access is controlled
The basic public right to information is enshrined in Article 10 of the European Convention of Human Rights.
You don’t have to have lots of rights windows, says EC
The European Commission says that it is not pushing major rights-holders to split their core television rights into several packages.
Dutch pessimistic about winning anti-trust appeal
The Eredivisie admits that it has little chance of winning an outright victory in its appeal against an anti-trust ruling on its collective selling of television rights.
Premiere wants to go it alone with multi-channel F1
Two months after Ecclestone closed his multi-channel ppv coverage of Formula 1, Premiere wants to create its own multi-channel service.
Row over sport news-access
Demands by the big news agencies for greater news access to sports events looks set to lead to a major row involving sports rights-holders, sports agencies and the EC.
Why live action is key for World Rally’s financial future
The success of the World Rally Championship’s plan to provide live coverage of the event this year is likely to determine the long-term future of the series.
Bundesliga fishing for competition
The German football league’s attempts to shake up a market still dominated by pay-broadcaster Premiere for the next Bundesliga deal have been praised by independent observers.