Europe

UK commercial broadcaster Channel 4 submitted an offer of £15 million (€17.6 million/$23.8

The IMG agency asked pay-television broadcasters Al Jazeera, Canal Plus and Golf Channel to submit a second round of bids for the French rights for golf’s Ryder Cup, European Tour and World Golf Championship e…

French pay-television broadcaster the Golf Channel acquired exclusive rights for the Ladies Professional Golf Association Tour in a one-year deal for the 2012 season

FA set for small increase in Asia with new MP & Silva deal

Serie A should exceed target despite problems with Rai

ARD/ZDF pay 30% increase for Euro but could have paid more

The MP & Silva agency acquired the media rights in Europe to the top French football league, Ligue 1, in a deal with global rights-holder Al Jazeera, the Qatari satellite broadcaster

French media conglomerate Lagardère confirmed a €550 million ($737 million) writedown in the value of its sports marketing division, Lagardère Unlimited, as the group announced a net loss of €707 milli…

Infront surprise bid for top Russian league has not yet convinced the big clubs

Spanish public-service broadcaster’s TVE has had its production budget for the 2012 Olympic Games in London cut by 20-per-cent compared to that for the last summer Olympics, in Beijing in 2008, to €4 mil…

Uefa is ahead in Belgium but stays flat in cosy Israel

Portuguese Liga club Benfica should consider launching its own channel as an alternative to selling its broadcast rights to an agency, according to Luís Mergulhão, the chief executive of advertising g…

Liga rights battle pitches ESPN and Gol TV against Al Jazeera

MP & Silva doubles up in France with league rights

Italian clubs finally agree

Ligue 1 pitches up in Brazil