Bulgaria
TV Rights Deals 1: Bulgaria, Champions League, Bundesliga and more
Football: Bulgarian free-to-air broadcaster TV2 acquired the rights for Bulgaria’s domestic top-tier A league in a five-year deal, from 2009-10 to 2013-14, worth a reported €30m (£23m).
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Opening ceremony draws China’s biggest-ever TV audience
Chinese state broadcaster CCTV’s coverage of the Opening Ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Games attracted the country’s largest-ever television audience.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Bundesliga, Premier League and MotoGP
Football: German pay-televison broadcaster Premiere is set to sign a two-year deal, said to be worth €350m (£235m), with the Deutsche Fussball Liga for football’s Bundesliga. Th
Roulette wheel spins good draw for agencies
Sportfive, Kentaro, IMG get plenty of ties against the big five teams; Infront do not fare so well
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Bobsleigh, cricket, horseracing and more
Bobsleigh/Skeleton: German public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF acquired the rights for the men’s and women’s bobsleigh and skeleton World Cups and World Championships for the three years from 2006-07 to …
Premier League heading for $1bn fees from rest of world
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.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Japanese and other football, golf and tennis
Football: Japanese pay-television operator J Sports acquired the rights to Japan’s top-tier J-League in a five-year deal from 2007 to 2011.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS: FOOTBALL DEALS
Football: Spanish pay-television broadcaster Sogecable acquired the pay-rights for the Champions League in a three-year deal from the 2006-07 to 2008-09 with the Team agency
New rivals force Eurosport into policy change
Pan-European broadcaster acquires content specifically for the region for the first time.