Analysis
Lega Calcio set for 56% increase in TV rights fees
Adriano Galliani vindicated by 56-per-cent increase on the value of last season’s rights
ART bids high for World Cup in Middle East duel
Satellite-pay broadcaster Arab Radio and Television is understood to have submitted a bid of more than
TV deals for top league have get-out options
The Israeli Football Association has agreed three deals for the rights for the Israeli Premier League starting in the forthcoming season
Why World Cup rights will be a hard sell in Israel
Israeli pay-per-view company and agency Charlton has started talks with companies in the Israeli market
Euroleague sells own TV rights as clubs buy shares
European basketball’s Euroleague is selling its own television rights for the first time
Denmark’s TV2 likely to launch sports channel
Denmark’s state-owned commercial broadcaster TV2 is thought likely to launch a dedicated sports channel next year
New channel will be threat to Viasat and Canal Plus
New sports channel to be launched in Norway next year by commercial broadcaster TV2 and telecoms company Telenor
India heads for new rights row
The Board of Control for Cricket in India will issue another controversial television-rights tender next week.
Slow start for TV phone services
The Dutch and Belgian domestic football leagues, whose pioneering television-rights deals with telecom companies started this month, have begun their seasons with the bulk of live matches accessible to only a handful of intrepid subscribers
Big-cash strategic bids become a thing of the past
The big-money strategic bids of German commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 for top sports rights are a thing of the past
Germany unlikely to pay big fees
Uefa and the Team agency may struggle to achieve big increases in rights fees for the Champions League in Germany
FRANCE PAYS 20% MORE FOR EURO CUP
The Team agency secured rights-fee increases of an overall 20 per cent or so for the Champions League rights in France
TPS looks for new audience as it quits fight for top sports
French pay-broadcaster Télévision Par Satellite has decided against taking on pay-rival Canal Plus for France’s top sports rights
Cricket’s challenge for Sky
No one anticipated the huge excitement and success of the Ashes cricket series between England and Australia
Basketball wins its first rival bids
The French Basketball Federation is in talks with the country’s two pay-television operators
Canal Plus lifts fee for ice hockey, now for football
The recent trend of Nordic broad-casters paying massively increased fees for sports rights continued
First Ashes Test gives Channel 4 good audience
Cricket’s much-anticipated first Ashes Test between England and Australia drew one of the biggest sports audiences in recent years for UK commercial broadcaster Channel Four
Australian TV in too much turmoil to focus on rights
The spectre of far-reaching media reforms and of a court case launched by commercial broadcaster Channel Seven