Analysis
EAA set to wrap up EBU deal
Deal a good result for European Athletics, despite reduced fee
Government attack on football-selling could hit
The Brazilian government has found that the existing system of selling the television rights for the Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A, is anti-competitive
Prisa set for €2bn Sogecable takeover
Spanish media group poised to take 100-per-cent control
Regulator finally gets its teeth into league’s TV ‘cartel’
The German antitrust authority this week defended its decision to launch a new investigation into the collective selling of Bundesliga media rights
Cable operators trigger Spanish probe
Spain’s competition authority, the Comisión Nacional de la Competencia, this week opened a file against eight broadcasters and organisations
Sogecable: global La Liga television deals are invalid
International broadcasters may follow Netherlands' Talpa's example, and cancel its contract
Sky’s six-pronged attack on Lega collective selling
Two senior competition lawyers said that the legal basis of Sky’s attack on the law, which came into force in January, was “weak” and “inconsistent”. They ar
CSPN offers sport new China outlet
Five provincial channels pool resources and sports content in new joint-venture channel
Rivals, regulator and renegade clubs fight Globo’s rights grip
Biggest rival, Record, willing to pay more than €194 million per season
FASTRACK
Kirch shadow falls on Champions League rights
Speculation that German media entrepreneur Leo Kirch may be planning a merger between German rights group EM
Regulators strike back as football leagues flex muscles
The media-rights sales for three of Europe’s top five leagues have come under fresh regulatory scrutiny
UK TV plays fast and furious
Last month witnessed an extraordinary couple of weeks in the UK sports-rights industry
Viewers tune in as football season builds to a climax
The climax of the football season in Europe attracted big audiences for free-to-air broadcasters across the continent.
IOC record rings a little hollow
Largest 2008 Olympics new media rights fee is nevertheless a fraction of the market value of the rights
Nordic grouping set to keep tight hold on handball
A consortium of Scandinavian commercial broadcasters is set to acquire the rights for the men’s and women’s 2007 and 2009 world handball championships.
Minority sport ponders life after the hammock?
Minority sports remain worried that the scrapping of the BBC’s Grandstand sports programme will make it even harder to win free-to-air television coverage.
Swedish channels slowly agree to buy football rights
Swedish broadcasters have finally agreed a series of rights deals for Swedish domestic football.
World Cup final sets Israeli record
Israeli commercial broadcaster Channel 10 acquired the rights for the 2006 World Cup final, paying $700,000.