Analysis

Cricket
Asia

Pan-Asian broadcaster in tough talks over continued distribution of its channels in Thailand, following loss of English Premier League football rights to UBC
Cycling
Denmark

EBU membership threatened and other Scandinavian public service broadcasters angered by cost-cutting measures
Baseball
North America

Major League Baseball is considering the launch of its own cable network to broadcast games covered by its main television-rights package.

Football

The television coverage of the World Cup in Germany has come under fire from European broadcasters for being cautious and old-fashioned.

Football

The Infront acquisition of Media Partners is set to be the first in a series of pending big-money deals involving the sale of top sports agencies.

Football
Austria

Football World Cup agency Infront is close to acquiring the Milan-based agency Media Partners in a €130 million cash deal.

Football
Asia

IMG, recenlty on the acquisition trail itself, could be a future target for French media group
North America

Venue for 2014 Winter Games is yet to be chosen, and an unfavourable timezone could lower US rights fee
Asia

Efforts to achieve market price for rights opposed by Chinese government, national Olympic committee and state broadcaster
Asia

The International Olympic Committee has enraged broadcasters worldwide by considering extensive changes to the scheduling of events at the Beijing Olympics.
Europe

European Commission drops claim that public service broadcasters go beyond their remit by buying and broadcasting sport on an exclusive basis
Boxing
Europe

Viewer numbers fall but audience share increases during unseasonably hot weather
Football

Centralisation of Uefa Cup rights leads to doubling of fees revenue
Skiing
Europe

Lack of top German competitors has led to a large drop in audiences since last rights sale

Football
Czech Republic

Football’s Champions League final was not the only major sporting event in May to attract good viewing for broadcasters around Europe.

Football
Europe

Swedish commercial broadcaster TV4 has acquired a 51-per-cent stake in cable and satellite channel SportExpressen.f

Handball
Denmark

Clubs from the Danish women’s handball league are threatening to break away from the domestic and European leagues in a row involving television-rights income.
Asia

Channel Seven's acquisition of the rights for the V8 Supercar series reflects an all-out assault to become Australia’s most popular network.