Analysis
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
EBU v EBU handball battle
The European Broadcasting Union is planning to bid for the first time for the rights for handball’s World Championships
World handball is catch for viewers
Men's World Handball Championships in Germany attracts big audiences across Europe
Premiere in talks to buy DSF to gain rights-buying power
German pay-broadcaster Premiere is understood to be in talks to take over the free-to-air sports channel Deutsches Sport-Fernsehen (DSF)
Women’s golf gets bulk of TV fees from Asia
The Ladies Professional Golf Association tour is bringing in the bulk of its television-rights fees from Asia
French handball goes out to tender
The rights for French handball’s top properties have been put out for tender
Second-tier sport will boost support for new channel
Prospects for a new Swedish sports channel, SportExpressen, could well hang on its coverage of second-tier domestic rights for ice hockey and football
Hardball Team tells bidders to put in new offers
Bidders in the Netherlands and Belgium to submit new bids because the initial offers were too low.
Canal Plus pays more for less of Polish football
Polish pay-broadcaster Canal Plus has won the live rights for the Polish football league
League gives in over ownership to speed up TV sale
Norway's top leagues have been forced to compromise on taking over ownership and sale of league rights
Channels quit EBU bid for own World Cup pool
The consortium of seven Nordic free-to-air broadcasters which own the World Cup rights for 2006 has bid again for the rights for the 2010 tournament