Analysis

UK television audiences for English football’s FA Cup showed a healthy increase this season.

Rights-holders and commercial broadcasters united in opposition

Television audiences for BSkyB's coverage of English Premier League football dropped marginally in 2005-06.

It was a one-off, unparalleled, cost-free advertisement for pay-services

German cable company consortium is takeover target for Liberty Global

TV Azteca and Televisa have unofficially agreed not to compete for football

German football’s Bundesliga is facing an unprecedented row over the sale of its television rights.

Brazilian broadcaster agrees to sublicense premium channels to pay television rivals

English football’s Premier League is set to triple its international new-media rights fees, replicating the success it had when selling its main live rights around the world late last year.

Mediapro is bidding aggressively for the television rights of Barcelona and other top Spanish football clubs.

Rights fee trebles, still falls short of asking price

Anxious wait to see whether state broadcaster CCTV will finally pay market rates

FIFA: World Cup rights were not Caribbean Football Union's to sell

Fernando Alonso’s strong start to the Formula One season continued to attract Spanish viewers this season.

Weekday lunchtime television slots mean Swedish television audiences miss Anja Paerson's medal winning performances

French pay-broadcaster Canal Plus will pay only a small increase in rights fees for a much greater number of matches in a new four-year deal for French rugby union’s top-tier domestic league, the Top 1…

Incumbent agency IMG Media, Australian agency ISTV, and some new entrants are among the bidders

Competition between PCCW and i-Cable results in near-tripling of rights fees