Canada

Football

Football:  The Dentsu agency acquired the rights in Japan to all Fifa events from 2007 to 2014, including the 2010 and 2014 World Cups, in a deal with world football’s governing body.

Baseball

Canadian public-service broadcaster CBC is expected to renew its long-standing rights deal with US ice-hockey’s National Hockey League, although it will have to pay more and share the most attractive m…

Ecclestone bolsters control by agreeing long-term television deals
Football

Olympics:  The Bell Globemedia-Rogers Communications consortium won the Canadian rights to the 2010 and 2012 Olympics

Football

Uefa was disappointed with the EBU’s final presentation

CBC has come under widespread criticism for bidding too low for the 2010 and 2012 Olympics

there were three reasons for the unexpectedly high bid from the consortium of Bell Globemedia and Rogers

The Bell Globemedia-Rogers bid is a huge rise on what CBC paid

Failure of Canadian public-service broadcaster CBC to hold on to the television and new-media rights for the Olympic Games
Football

Football: Greek public-service broadcaster ERT acquired the free-to-air rights for all 31 matches of Euro 2008 in a €9.5m (£6.5m) deal with the Sportfive agency. It is the first deal done for the championship.
Darts

Golf: The US PGA Tour signed new six-year deals with the CBS and NBC networks, from 2007 to 2012.

Football

Football: French commercial broadcasters TF1 and M6 reportedly acquired the rights for football's Euro 2008 in a deal brokered by the Sportfive agency.