Denmark

Football
China

Football: Japanese pay-operator Wowow and commercial broadcaster TBS acquired the rights for all 31 matches of Euro 2008 in a deal brokered by the Sportfive agency on behalf of Uefa
Football
Denmark

Danish football clubs will thank the country’s competition authority after its intervention led directly to the signing of new television rights deals

Athletics
Denmark

Motorsport: US motor racing series Nascar finalised a series of eight-year deals worth an overall $4.5bn (£2.6bn/€3.8bn), a 40-per-cent increase on its present deals.

Football
Denmark

The Danish, Norwegian and Swedish national football associations are considering selling their international television rights jointly from next year
Football
Australia

Formula One: Formula One Management signed new deals in four of the sport’s major markets, renewing deals in Italy with public-service broadcaster Rai, in Brazil with TV Globo, in Australia with Channel Ten and in Russia signing a deal with a new partner, the RTL-owned Ren TV

Football
Denmark

Price forced up by competition from TV4, who buy the rights in Sweden for two seasons
Handball
Denmark

Danish state-owned broadcasters Danmarks Radio and TV2 this week completed an extensive swap of handball rights
Cricket
Croatia

Football: Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset acquired Serie A highlights rights in a three-year deal
Denmark

Denmark’s state-owned commercial broadcaster TV2 is thought likely to launch a dedicated sports channel next year
Football
Bulgaria

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

Football
Denmark

Scandinavian football’s Royal League is set to radically increase the knock-out element
American Football
Asia

Figure Skating: US network NBC acquired the rights for US figure skating in a three-year deal with the US Figure Skating Association, covering the national championships and the international Skate America…
Cycling
Denmark

EBU membership threatened and other Scandinavian public service broadcasters angered by cost-cutting measures
Football
Belgium

Football: Spanish free-to-air broadcaster Cuatro sublicensed the non-exclusive rights to at least seven matches from the upcoming World Cup from rival broadcaster La Sexta in a deal worth €20m (£14m).

Football
Czech Republic

Football’s Champions League final was not the only major sporting event in May to attract good viewing for broadcasters around Europe.

Handball
Denmark

Clubs from the Danish women’s handball league are threatening to break away from the domestic and European leagues in a row involving television-rights income.

Football
Denmark

Danish regulators act to prevent anti-competitive movements in the television sports market
Australian Rules Football
Australia

Australian Rules: Australian pay-television operator Foxtel acquired pay-television rights for the Australian Football League in a sub-licensing deal worth A$315