Americas
What losing means for EBU’s future
CBC ‘should know bids are not about market rate’
‘We bid to ensure victory, but we’ll get our money back’
Winners, losers, and increased fees
CBC needs rethink on sport after misjudging Olympic bid
TV Rights Clips 2: Motorsport, baseball, cricket and new media
High-rated Nascar looks for big rise in TV rights fees
Nascar will get a big increase in television rights fees
TV fails to make use of options for matching rights
Television broadcasters are having difficulty making use of the matching-rights options they negotiated in earlier contracts.
Baseball leaves it late to win decent rights-fee increase
Major League Baseball may have left negotiations with the US television networks too late to sell its main rights package for an increased fee.
TV rights 2: Indian cricket, golf, darts and mobile deals
Darts hits bullseye with record
SBS6 acquired the exclusive rights for all Professional Darts Corporation events in the Netherlands.
TV rights 2: African Nations Cup football, handball and more
TV rights 1: Euro 2008, other football, tennis and more
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Tennis, skiing, boxing, darts, athletics and more
Tennis: Pan-European cable and satellite broadcaster Eurosport extended its deal for coverage of the Australian Open for a further four years, from 2008 to 2011. Eurosport will also be the distribution agent for the media rights across Europe. The rights were previously held by the European Broadcasting Union, the umbrella group representing the region’s public-service broadcasters.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Golf, Aussie Rules, ice-hockey, football and more
Golf: The US PGA Tour signed new six-year deals with the CBS and NBC networks, from 2007 to 2012.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Bundesliga, American football, tennis and more
Football: The German Football League awarded the rights for the Bundesliga in several three-year deals covering 2006-07 to 2008-09.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: F1, Asian Games and more
• Formula One: German free-to-air sports broadcaster DSF acquired a package of Formula One rights for the 2007 season.
Ecclestone finally takes over production of main F1 signal
Formula One Management to take over host-broadcasting of Formula One series from this season.