Analysis

TV Sports Markets has a new owner.

Athletics

UK broadcasters experience a mixed 2005 for television-sport viewing.

Football

Victory for three small German cable operators in Bundesliga rights battle.

Formula One Management to take over host-broadcasting of Formula One series from this season.

Skiing

EBU set to get money back for Italian skiing rights.

Football

Deadlock in Argentine football rights talks could be broken by entry of new player.

Football

English Premier League considers launching own channel in only two territories without a deal.

Athletics

Pan-European broadcaster acquires content specifically for the region for the first time.

Football

English Premier League international television rights expected to more than double in value since previous sale.
Athletics

Television rights deals with incumbent partners ABC/ESPN and TNT likely to be the most valuable of the year.

Australian Rules Football

UK pay-operator’s English Premier League deal was year's largest television sports-rights deal.

Football

Spanish pay-TV operator's dominance in football rights market under threat after regulator accuses it of being a monopoly.

But proposed extension deal for top-tier domestic football rights needs approval of football association and competition authority.

Basketball

Decision to hand back golf rights allows rival to recover monopoly on top Tour golf and launch golf channel.

Athletics

Television audiences for the UK’s traditional sporting showpieces fall in 2006, according to TV Sports Markets survey.

Football

On the three days before Christmas, Modern Times buys four years of football, three years of golf and two new channels.
Football

Africa’s television sports-rights market showing signs of strong growth.
Cricket

Australian, English, South African, New Zealand, Zimbabwean boards to benefit from new Asian television rights deals.