Denmark
Rai lowballing prompts Bianchi rights shake-up
Italy games heading for pay-TV
Small increase for league as MTG keeps out Canal 9
Danish league holds its value but Canal 9 loses key content
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: World Cup, Champions League, La Liga, Bundesliga and more
Football: Korean media group SBS acquired the rights to the 2018 and 2022 Fifa World Cups in a deal worth between $180m (€124m) and $200m (see story this issue).
Fastrack: Issue 15:13
EBU’s Euro 2012 subsidiary in talks ... IAAF still needs to close big deals ... More increases for Uefa
MTG breaks the bank to fend off hungry Canal Plus
MTG breaks records with monster bid for Champions League; Canal Plus hits back with preemptive Norway deal
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Ligue 1, Liga 1, Champions League, Euro 2012 and more
Football: France’s football league, the Ligue de Football Professionnel, sold the domestic rights to the top division, Ligue 1, for four years, 2012-13 to 2015-16, to pay-television operator Canal Plus a…
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football: Serie A, Champions League, Danish league and more
Football: Italy’s top football league, Lega Serie A, sold its domestic live rights for three seasons from 2012-13 for €829m ($1.136bn) per year. Sa
MTG moves into pole position for Swedish rights
The Sportfive agency is on the verge of a breakthrough in Scandinavia for its Olympic Games rights
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: IAAF athletics, Major League Baseball, IPL cricket and more
Athletics: The IEC in Sports agency agreed deals with free-to-air broadcasters in five European countries for the rights for the World Athletics Series from 2011 to 2013, including the athletics World…
FASTRACK: News in brief, Issue 15:7
Serie A punch-up to be followed by survey ... Starhub stocks up channel ... Danish delay after lowball bids ... Hearn takes Prizefighter to US
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: IAAF athletics, basketball, boxing, ice hockey and more
Athletics: Italian public-service broadcaster Rai acquired rights for the IAAF World Athletics Series, including the World Championships, in a three-year deal, from 2011 to 2013, with the IEC in Sports…
Lowball MTG lets TV4 snatch World Championships
Cost-conscious Modern Times Group loses ice hockey World Championship after broadcasting it for over 20 years.
Danish league casts the net wide
Danish football league offers extra packages after competition authority bans single-buyer deal again.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football: Fifa World Cup, Bundesliga, La Liga and more
Football: Pan-regional broadcaster Al Jazeera Sport acquired the rights for Fifa competitions between 2015 and 2022, including the 2018 and 2022 World Cup The deal covers cable, satellite, terrestrial,…
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Boxing, cricket, golf, rally, rugby and tennis deals
Boxing: Triumph Media Group extended its deal with Klitshcko Management Group covering the distribution of the global media rights to the 2011 fights of Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko
DFL rejects higher agency bid to stick with Eurosport
Eurosport extends Bundesliga deal until end of 2014-15 season
Sportfive Courts Nordic-basic tier channels with flexible tender
Nordic region sees most radical Olympic tender process in Europe so far
Bonnier-Telenor threat to MTG
Bonnier predicted to take TV2 Norway stake and ramp up co-operation with Telenor.