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Some heavyweight deals have been struck in Germany over the past 12 months, so it was no surprise to hear at this year’s Spobis conference in Düsseldorf that no market-defining properties will be available in the immediate future.

Ah, Sportel… the annual Monte Carlo trade fair that guarantees great rumours, little sleep, more rumours and the certainty of a sore head each morning.

After two days at the Spobis conference in Düsseldorf it is clear the German media-rights industry is waiting on the outcome of two key TV deals which will be agreed in the next six months.

The recent attempted coup d’état in Turkey has meant sports rights have taken a back seat in the country.

Live Premier League matches on free-to-air television in the UK? No, I can’t imagine it either.
Cricket

TV Sports Markets' Richard Welbirg looks at Cricket Australia's media rights in sub-Saharan Africa 

With its international rights cycle almost complete, the English Premier League is set to pull further away from the other top European leagues in terms of media-rights revenue.

Despite a burst of political upheaval consuming the UK this week, we’ve nonetheless brought you another bumper 14-page issue of TV Sports Markets.

Another year, another Discovery press conference at Roland Garros announcing a host of TV deals

Last issue, we wrote about how the EBU wrested UCI cycling rights from Infront in a joint deal with IMG. The deal – although not of enormous value – was a sign of EBU aggression after several years of losing key properties.

Increasing competition from agencies and privately-owned broadcasters had seen the European Broadcasting Union lose key sports rights in recent years

Over the past few months much has been written about the difficulties facing the BBC.

Revenue versus exposure: the dilemma which every rights-holder grapples with.

For years it was rare to see Chinese delegates other than CCTV making their way to Sportel. But more and more have come as excitement over the expansion in the China's sport sector has spilled outside its borders to become perhaps the most interesting story in global sports rights.

An upending of the existing order is a common theme in this issue of TV Sports Markets.

At last month’s Australian Open, Angelique Kerber became the first German to win a tennis grand slam in 17 years – which provided as good an opportunity as any to do our first roundup of the Open’s media-rights deals.

Discovery’s deal in June last year for Olympic Games was a step into the unknown for both the IOC and the US media company.

Happy New Year and welcome back to TV Sports Markets – I’m sure you’ve missed it as much as we have! As such, we’re welcoming you to 2016 with a bumper 20-page issue. Our t