Analysis

Badminton

World Wrestling Entertainment takes its Asian television rights sales in-house
Football

EC confident it can defend its approval of UK listed events despite ECJ annulment
Football

ProSiebenSat.1 believes pay-broadcaster doesn't fit with its free-TV business
Cycling

National team home matches sold to incumbent broadcaster, TV2, in four-year deal
Cricket

African football revenue sharing, Digitürk spoiler, legal challenge to funding of Brazil's Record, CSI drops cricket commission rate
Football

Nordic alliances, Royal League dead, bid for Israel's Sports Channel, Record Canadian Audiences for English Premier League
Athletics

EBU-athletics tensions, Canal Plus basketball fees drop, IOC's Australian rights fee, ESS tears up deals in UK and Australia, Trans World Sport's future in balance
Football

Kirch's Bundesliga deal, Forstmann's 3-year anniversary at IMG, La Liga fee cut, German skiing fiasco
Football

African deal paves the way for IMG contract extension
Football

Only two agencies have been invited to meet the league, despite "nearly everybody in the business" expressing an interest

Potential investors in Setanta will have to take a gamble on what is a unique business model for a sports broadcaster.

Football

Spanish agency Mediapro has made a flying start in its international rights sales for Spanish league football.

Football

Move by SBS to break away from the traditional cartel of free-to-air broadcasters marks the beginning of a new era in the sports rights market.

Rugby Union

Rugby World Cup viewing in Europe, Oceania, Argentina, South Africa
Football

Uefa Cup's declining popularity puts off mainstream broadcasters, Conto TV steps in with rights purchase
Cycling

High-profile doping scandals hit television viewing for this year’s Tour de France.

Basketball

Commercial broadcaster pays €2 million per season for Euroleague rights
Football

The 2006 football World Cup attracted average audiences in India of 976,000 viewers per match.