Analysis
How valuable is Bundesliga to German pay-TV?
The value of the television rights for the German Bundesliga is being questioned.
IAAF buys time on NBC to win back the public
The International Association of Athletics Federations has bought time on the NBC network in order to get free-to-air coverage in the United States of its flagship World Championships.
Delicate political game of choosing partners and winning
A joint-bid from Canal Plus and Telenor comfortably won the Premier League rights in the Nordic region after much less competition than was expected.
Now for the Hong Kong pay-TV killer blow
PCCW looks to have delivered a killer blow in the battle to dominate the local pay-television market by snatching the Premier League rights from rival I-Cable TV.
Showtime picks stunned rivals off floor in bid for deal
Pay-television operator Showtime is talking to rival broadcasters in the Middle East, Al Jazeera Sport and ART, after outbidding them for Premier League rights.
But $1bn may be hard for ICC
The ICC is struggling to generate the same intensity of bidding for its television rights as that seen for Indian cricket earlier this year.
Premier League heading for $1bn fees from rest of world
English football’s Premier League began its international audiovisual rights sales in dramatic style with massive first-round awards in three of its most competitive markets.
Smaller clubs set to cash in as Uefa centralises rights
Sky cements prime position as TVNZ loses Olympics
Sportfive: We’ll prove our worth in competitive market
How real is shock bid for Madrid?
A bid for the television rights of Primera Liga club Real Madrid by regional public-service broadcaster Telemadrid has been greeted with scepticism in Spain.
New Fox deal for Latin America F1
Formula One Management is to agree a two-year extension with its long-term Latin American broadcaster, cable channel Fox, for the 2007 and 2008 seasons.
IMG set to bid for world Premier
The IMG agency is to submit a global bid for the English Premier League’s international rights
High-priced rights may scare off cricket bidders
The Bangladesh Cricket Control Board looks as if it might be scaring off potential bidders with an overly ambitious tender.
BBC wins Masters but reprieve may last only a year
The BBC has clung on to the rights for US golf’s Masters for a further year.
Deal agreed ‘under political pressure’
Uefa, European football’s governing body, has agreed a deal for Euro 2008 rights with Austrian public-service broadcaster ORF.
Exit ambitious media group, hit by high rights fees
The Nordic free-to-air television landscape is set for another shift in ownership power with the exit of Norwegian media group Schibsted.
Breakaway channels pose dilemma for state TV
Scandinavia’s three main commercial broadcasters have broken away from a wider free-to-air consortium to bid as a separate group for football’s Euro 2008 rights