Analysis
Football deal gives 3G ‘enough time to fly’
MP Web expects to wait up to three years before seeing any significant return on its investment in Italian football’s third-generation mobile phone rights.
Sportev lines up Premier League for buying spree
Broadband sports provider Sportev is to a sign a global broadband deal for the World Rally Championship with International Sportsworld Communicators.
Club channels battle for rights from their clubs
Football clubs which have their own television channels are facing a major dilemma about what to do with increasingly attractive rights.
Forget the battles, listed events law is working fine
Danish broadcaster TV Danmark fought a bitter, year-long court battle with the UK’s television regulator over listed events.
Equestrianism set to sign two deals
The Fédération Equestre International is set to renew its television deal with the European Broadcasting Union
Premier League and EC gear up for tough battle
The European Commission and the Premier League are both gearing up for a particularly tough battle over the selling of English league’s domestic television rights.
BBC mops up motorcycling as it buys MotoGP rights
The BBC has acquired the rights for the prestigious World Motorcycling Championship.
Rai boss to sue ski federation
Paolo Francia is coming under increasing pressure over his role in the rights negotiations for skiing’s alpine World Cup.
Sky’s challenge: How to stay exclusive after EC probe
The value of the Premier League’s television rights could be boosted as a result of the European Commission’s investigation into the league’s media-rights policy.
Women’s handball brings TV2 early Christmas present
Women's World Championships draw good audiences in Norway, Germany, Romania
Canal Plus lawsuit throws Ligue 1 tender into doubt
Industry asking: 'What does Canal Plus hope to achieve?'
Difficult times await Pro Ligue
The signs are not good for the Pro Ligue
Eredivisie yet to find backing for bold channel plan
Dutch football’s top-tier league, the Eredivisie, is yet to get funding for its planned television channel
League hopes new tender will glean more from pay-TV
Netherlands currently the only major European country where free-to-air highlights cost more than live rights
Coppa Italia saved from obscurity in last-minute deal
Commercial broadcaster Telecom Italia buys rights to last-16 stage
Ten safeguards one deal but faces fight for others
Rescheduling of cricket calendar leads to Ten Sports extending Sri Lankan Cricket Board deal for three years without tender
Deal timelines
February 11-March 12: Team Marketing, Uefa’s Champions League sales agent, launched a tender on February 11 for the next three year period from 2009-10 to 2011-12.
Realitatea’s plans turn to ashes in white-hot market
A determined attack on the football rights market last month by Romanian news channel Realitatea has ended in spectacular failure