Analysis

Turkish channel Cine 5 has ended its exclusive television-rights deal for Spanish football’s Primera Liga because the matches are being beamed into the country, unencrypted and free-of-charge, by the Al Jazeera

Fifa’s approach to the sale of the 2010 World Cup television rights is leading to major tensions among Asian broadcasters

World Snooker, commercial arm of the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association, has launched an open tender for its worldwide television rights

The inaugural Chinese grand prix, regarded generally as a huge success, failed to excite European television audiences

The European Commission has opened an investigation into the television rights deals which Rupert Murdoch’s Sky Italia signed with Italy’s top three football clubs

The Eredivisie, the Netherlands’ top domestic football league, is set to launch a new television-rights tender

The imminent retirement of middle-weight boxer Oscar De La Hoya is a major blow to big-time pay-per-view boxing.

Russian television has finally started showing this season’s English Premier League

Japanese broadcasters will have what look to be major advantages when they start negotiating for the television rights of the 2010 and 2012 Olympic Games next summer

Sale of IMG to venture-capital firm Forstmann Little is good for the company and good for the sports marketing business

Fifa, world football’s governing body, does not rule out signing a deal with either the European Broadcasting Union or an agency

The battle for Euro 2008 rights outside of Europe is set to be fierce

the sale of IMG to venture-capital firm Forstmann Little will strengthen the agency

Uefa will plunge into a hypersensitive European marketplace when it calls for bids, probably later this month

Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio accept Bologna complaint that the annual €100 million payment by Serie A clubs to Serie B clubs is 'excessively onerous'

Lega Calcio buys €3 million stake in ppv football channel