Analysis
No legal threat to Uefa’s new plans
La Liga audiences down 50% under new domestic deal
The new domestic free-to-air deal for the Spanish Primera Liga has been a success for commercial broadcaster La Sexta.
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Bigger inventory, more revenue
BSkyB spells out key role of sport
Questions raised over whether Setanta will attract enough subscribers to pay the cost of winning two of the Premier League’s packages.
Top Belgian clubs to use TV talks in power struggle
An internal power struggle between a handful of top clubs is complicating the Belgian domestic football league’s planning for its next television rights deal.
Ligue hopes law change will stop fees flagging
France’s Ligue de Football Professionnel is seeking to change the law governing the sale of its television rights.
Power riddle as Mediapro’s Real deal puts it on top
Spanish agency Mediapro’s acquisition of the television rights for Primera Liga club Real Madrid is almost certain to give it overall control of Audiovisual Sport.
Fox double in US and Australia
The Fox Soccer Channel and pay-operator Setanta acquired the Premier League rights in the USA for $57 million.
Indian fees soar as ESS bids against ghosts
ESPN Star Sports won the Premier League rights in the Indian sub-continent by a large margin.
Japanese fees drop but Yes victory is mixed blessing
Premier League rights fees in Japan fell by 30 per cent.
China pays record fee for league in watershed deal
The Premier League has sold its media rights in China in what is thought to be the country’s biggest ever sports-rights deal.
Premier League riding high as ESS takes a battering
Pan-Asian broadcaster ESPN Star Sports will have to adapt to a very different world after the latest round of bidding for English football’s Premier League rights.
Lagardère wins after being outbid
Lagardère acquired Sportfive despite not putting in the highest offer.
Now Sportfive must heal rifts
French media and industrial group Lagardère faces several key challenges to make the most of its €865 million acquisition of the Sportfive agency.
MotoGP viewing riding high in top two markets
An exciting championship this year boosted MotoGP television audiences in the sport’s two major European markets, Italy and Spain.
Struggling TVE to lose Moto GP but fight for football
Spanish commercial free-to-air channel Cuatro has made an aggressive bid for the Spanish television rights to motorcycling’s MotoGP.
Live sport will be key to free-TV having a future
Live sport will play a vital role in commercial television’s battle to maintain its leadership in the broadcast market in the next three to five years.