Analysis
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
Court probes federation, clubs, TV and agencies
Initial investigations into French football television-rights deals find various irregularities
IAAF revamps series in search of golden TV deals
The International Association of Athletics Federations is considering an overhaul of the Golden League series
BBC has to pay to leave the ring
The BBC has paid-off one of the UK’s leading boxing promoters to stop him taking legal action
Brussels action is warning
attack on the way that public-service broadcasters in Germany acquire and use sports rights could be the first salvo in a wider ranging attempt to crack down on public-service broadcasters
Israeli agency gives up top league contract
Israeli pay-per-view company and agency Charlton is to end its television-rights deal for the Israeli Premier League a year early
Saran shows it is still the big power in club TV rights
Saran International, the Turkish rights agency, renewed its deal with Galatasaray
Sportfive adds Greece, but deal may be risky
Sportfive agency extended its portfolio of European football by acquiring international television rights for the Greek national team
Turkey set to launch two more sports channels
Show TV and ATV to enter dedicated sports channel market
Agencies battle over international sales of Serie A
Challenge by the MP & Silva to wrest long-term control of Serie A international rights from Sportfive