Analysis

Formula One Management is in talks with three Russian broadcasters

French commercial broadcaster TF1 renewed its deal for Formula One rights
Football

Fifa, world football’s governing body, will decide on its television World Cup rights awards in the US, and possibly also the Middle East
Football

French commercial broadcaster M6’s acquisition of 31 matches for next year’s football World Cup

So where are we now with European rights values?

An alliance between Norwegian public-service broadcaster NRK and one of Scandinavia’s largest pay-television operators, Modern Times Group, creates a third major rights-buying superpower
Football

The established satellite operators are facing new competition from cable for domestic football rights
Cricket

Cricket’s inaugural Super Series is being blacked-out in Pakistan and Bangladesh
Ice Hockey

European pay-channel North American Sports Network this week signed a shock last-minute deal
Football

Italian commercial broadcasters Mediaset and La7 are taking a big gamble by increasing the prices of pay-per-view football
Football

The German football league last week launched the sales process for the Bundesliga rights from 2006-07 to 2008-09

The long-awaited merger of the UK’s two cable operators will, according to the companies, create a major challenge to British Sky Broadcasting

Private equity company Permira’s decision to all but pull out of German pay-broadcaster Premiere reflects a fear that the broadcaster may not grow its subscriber base much further

Japan’s five main commercial broadcasters have agreed to pay a bigger share of the country’s television rights fees for the winter Olympics
Cricket

British Sky Broadcasting is close to a deal for the live rights for cricket’s 2007 World Cup in the West Indies
Rugby Union

Sportfive is to sign a four-year deal for the international television rights for rugby union’s Six Nations

The A1 Grand Prix organisers were this week finalising last-minute television deals

acquisition of cable and satellite sports channel Galaxie Sport, the main cable sports channel in the Czech Republic and Slovakia