Analysis
Alonso victories treble value of Spanish F1 rights
The value of Formula One television rights in Spain has more than trebled, as a result of the high ratings attracted by local driver Fernando Alonso
Will deals work for ABC, ESPN?
The elimination of NFL costs will push ABC towards near-term profitability
How deals will hit other sports
Commentators believe that the NFL deals will have a marked effect on other sports
One more NFL deal to agree one
There remains one last piece of the NFL puzzle to be sold
Sky boosts Football League
England’s Football League is set to sign a new four-year deal with UK pay-operator British Sky Broadcasting
Shock switch of NFL rights marks TV strategy changes
Domestic deals for American football’s National Football League signals major changes of strategy
Team lifts rights fees in first three countries
The Team Marketing agency has secured good increases in television-rights fees for the next round of Champions League deals
Grade ponders FA rights bid as marker for new ITV era
Repackaged FA Cup and England matches could attract ITV bid, leading to increased competition, rights fees
French pay-TV in rights battle with Telecom Italia
Competition for the live rights for Italy’s Serie A football
Badminton set to stay with agencies
International Badminton Federation move postpones bringing rights in-house
French TV launches digital channel
French public-service broadcaster France Télévisions has launched a digital terrestrial channel, France 4
Hockey goes in-house and wins record TV deal
International Hockey Federation is said to have signed its longest, most lucrative television-rights deal ever
Ice hockey league hopes pay-TV will boost gates
Finland’s top domestic ice hockey league, the SM-liiga, is to put most of its matches on to pay-television
Sogecable ends Euroleague backing
Sogecable is to end its financial backing of European club basketball’s top-tier league, the Euroleague
Complaints force Denmark to stop TV privatisation
The privatisation of Danish public-service broadcaster TV2 has been called off because of the financial insecurity surrounding the channel
DLA grabs top lawyers in audacious raid on Denton
Audacious raid of 29 sports, media and intellectual-technology lawyers and their clients
Medisaset hopes rights threat is badly targeted
Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset could face a tough battle holding on to its lengthy media-rights deals with Italy’s top football clubs
Top IMG-TWI managers redundant
The IMG-TWI agency has made a number of high-level redundancies