Belgium

RTBF has extended its deal for Formula 1 rights by five years, from 2006 until 2010.

The joint acquisition of 2006 World Cup rights in Flemish-speaking Belgium by the region’s two main commercial broadcasters is part of a wider battle against VRT

Belgium’s top-tier domestic football league, the Pro Ligue, has started what are likely to be complex talks with potential bidders

Cricket: Asian broadcaster Ten Sports is set to acquire the worldwide rights to international cricket in Sri Lanka in a four-year deal, from 2005 to 2008.

Belgian commercial channel VT4, owned by SBS Broadcasting, is setting up a sports department

The signs are not good for the Pro Ligue

Cricket: The Nimbus Sport agency acquired the worldwide television rights to cricket in India in a four-year deal with the Board of Control for Cricket in India.

Year-end subscriber figures for football-driven pay-television over telephone networks in Europe will neither excite the enthusiasts nor worry traditional television.

Sportfive, Kentaro, IMG get plenty of ties against the big five teams; Infront do not fare so well

An internal power struggle between a handful of top clubs is complicating the Belgian domestic football league’s planning for its next television rights deal.

English football’s Premier League began its international audiovisual rights sales in dramatic style with massive first-round awards in three of its most competitive markets.

Chief Executive confident making up for loss of Uefa Cup television rights business

Eight of the world’s Top 10 leagues for domestic audiovisual revenue are European and two Latin American, according to a new report comparing rights deals by TV Sports Markets.

The Belgian football association's decision to sell the Flemish television rights of national team matches on a match-by-match basis has spectacularly backfired.

High-profile doping scandals hit television viewing for this year’s Tour de France.

European rights fees for Euro 2008 reach same level as those paid for 2006 World Cup

MP & Silva, Sportfive and Rai Trade agencies estimated to have brought in about €100 million overall for 2007-08 season

English Premier League to receive £74 million over three years from sale of mobile and internet clip rights