Eastern Europe

Basketball
Australia

Ice hockey:  Finnish ice-hockey’s domestic SM-liiga signed a three-year joint-deal with pay-television operator Canal Plus Nordic and free-to-air commercial broadcaster Nelonen worth about €3.7m (£2.5m) a
Football
Asia

Football: Czech commercial broadcaster Prima TV acquired the rights for Euro 2008, paying €4m (£2.6m) in a deal brokered by the Sportfive agency.
Handball
Denmark

Men's World Handball Championships in Germany attracts big audiences across Europe
Football
Austria

Football: Dutch pay-broadcaster UPC acquired the pay-television rights for the Champions League from 2006 to 2009 (Page 7)
Football
Poland

Polish pay-broadcaster Canal Plus has won the live rights for the Polish football league
Football
Czech Republic

Sportfive receives 80-per-cent rights fee increase for Euro 2008 rights in Czech Republic
Football
Europe

Polish World Cup deal falls threw
Cricket
Albania

Cricket:  Indian public-service broadcaster Doordarshan was awarded the domestic rights to the upcoming India v Pakistan series by the Madras High Court, which was ruling on the case brought by Indian broadcaster Zee Telefilms.

Football
Poland

Bidding for Polish football league’s television and internet rights has thrown up surprises

Football
Australia

·   Football: The Dentsu and Infront agencies acquired the Rest of Asia rights to the 2010 and 2014 World Cups in a deal with Fifa, football’s world governing body.  De
Football
Asia

·   Football: Polish public-service broadcaster TVP and commercial broadcaster Polsat agreed a joint-deal for the 2006 World Cup with the Infront agency worth €15m (£10.3m).  TVP
Athletics
Afghanistan

Pan-European broadcaster acquires content specifically for the region for the first time.

Football
Europe

Polish television has agreed a deal for football’s 2006 World Cup after months of negotiations with the Infront agency.