Analysis
Nimbus plan creates sticky wicket for Indian TV players
Nimbus Communications, which paid a record fee for worldwide television rights to Indian cricket, is to use the rights to launch its own South Asian sports channel.
Setanta pays big for England rights
Have Sky, Setanta both won?
English football’s Premier League emerged smiling at the conclusion of its latest television live-rights bidding process.
TV liked Turin but much prefers North America
The Turin Winter Olympics attracted impressive audiences to European public-service broadcasters.
Zidane factor will hold back French team’s TV fees
The Zidane factor is thought likely to hit the television-rights fees which the French Football Federation gets for the national team.
Nimbus gets good worldwide fees for India cricket
The Nimbus Sport agency looks set to make a profit on the international rights for Indian cricket.
Last-minute deal puts Al-Jazeera on Formula 1 grid
Middle East broadcaster Al Jazeera Sport has acquired the region’s television rights for Formula One in a last-minute deal.
Analysts shrug off low signings by ADSL services
Year-end subscriber figures for football-driven pay-television over telephone networks in Europe will neither excite the enthusiasts nor worry traditional television.
Premiere and Deutsche Telekom close to alliance
Premiere and Deutsche Telekom are in advanced talks over a deal that could give Premiere a share of German football’s Bundesliga rights.
How TV and sport responded to Irish listed events review
The Tour’s submission, written by chief executive George O’Grady, vigorously supports BSkyB’s arguments.
Rai bid angers European TV
The imminent deal between Italian state broadcaster Rai and the Sportfive agency for the rights to football’s European Championship in 2008 has angered Rai’s fellow broadcasters.
Sky could take legal action if Ireland expands listed events
Pay-broadcaster British Sky Broadcasting is considering taking legal action the Irish government.
Czech TV hits four-year high
The Czech Republic’s victory in the final of last year’s ice hockey World Championship attracted the country’s top sports television audience in 2005.
Expat TV rights soar in US, and cricket leads way
Expatriate communities in North America have turned themselves from a niche television audience into one of the fastest growing sports rights markets in the world.
Anti-trust probe could hit Mediaset plan for mobile TV
Mediaset’s plan to sell more of its sports programming to mobile phone operators, could be hit by an investigation by the Italian antitrust authority.
Bundesliga victor talks to everyone but not Premiere
Arena Sport is in talks with all Germany’s free-to-air broadcasters about sublicensing up to three live matches a season.
ARD in new deal to sell on unused rights to DSF
German sports channel DSF agreed a television-rights deal for major handball and ice-hockey championships with public-service broadcaster ARD.
U-turn by TVP as it buys top sport for new channel
Polish public-service broadcaster TVP acquired the television rights for the national football team and will launch a dedicated sports channel.