Analysis
Sinrich: Why IMG is stronger
the sale of IMG to venture-capital firm Forstmann Little will strengthen the agency
Uefa will find TV bidders only too ready to shout bias
Uefa will plunge into a hypersensitive European marketplace when it calls for bids, probably later this month
Ruling on Serie A ‘burden’ boosts superleague move
Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio accept Bologna complaint that the annual €100 million payment by Serie A clubs to Serie B clubs is 'excessively onerous'
Gioco Calcio wins lifeline, as Sky hits subscriber trouble
Lega Calcio buys €3 million stake in ppv football channel
How Bundesliga will avoid paying Infront €50m
League hopes new rights-selling strategy will earn them a better rights fee, and enough to repay Infront
FA takes tough guarantee line
Octagon CSI loses rights to ESPN Star Sports after failure to provide strong enough guarantee
Crunch year for Eurosport as EBU decides key access deal
Double threat to Eurosport from Eurosport-sceptics within EBU, and EC investigation into EBU collective selling
Star bidding for Israeli free to air
The tender for control of Israeli commercial broadcaster Channel 2 was launched last week
New squash scoring ‘won’t bring in more TV’
Many officials across squash are highly critical of the Professional Squash Association
In-house selling by handball wins much more TV
Handball’s Champions League competition for European clubs has increased its coverage and television-rights income for the new season
How English and German leagues got different deals
Marked differences in the out-comes of the European Commission’s investigations into England’s Premier League and Germany’s Bundesliga
Premiere set for basketball share
German pay-television broadcaster Premiere is set to acquire the live rights for the German basketball league
Lower TV churn helps NZ cricket
The New Zealand cricket board has renewed a television-rights deal with the country’s pay-operator Sky Television for five years, from 2004-05 to 2008-09.
Why South Africa will struggle to lift TV cricket fees
South African cricket faces an uphill struggle next month when it starts talks with public-service broadcaster SABC
Israeli TV finally agrees Cup deal
Israeli public-service broadcaster Channel 1 is close to agreeing a deal with the Sportfive agency
Just in time signs basketball
Israeli pay-per-view company Charlton is set to sign deals with Israeli broadcasters
Germany falters as ice hockey leagues sign deals
The German ice hockey league started the new season last week without a live-rights television deal in place.
French clubs set to sell deferred rights for home games
French Ligue 1 football clubs are set to be given the power to sell the rights to their home matches on a delayed, as-live basis.