Europe

Telenor has taken a 35-per-cent stake in TV4's Canal Plus premium channels.

Canal Plus lands deals for Euro 2012 tournament and qualifiers, Serie A and Eredivisie, among others, but Premier League loss leaves a big hole in offering.

German commercial broadcaster pleased with audiences in first season of "too expensive" deal.

MCS "hurt and angry" by Ligue rights refusal

Competitive season draws bigger audiences for Premier League coverage on BSkyB and BBC, but ESPN's look to be stagnating already.

Basketball: Euroleague Basketball agreed deals in the UK, China and Iceland for the 2010 Final Four

Football: Hong Kong free-to-air broadcasters TVB and ATV agreed a deal with pay-television operator I-Cable for coverage of the opening match, the semi-finals and the final of the 2010 Fifa World Cup

Bigger inventory, improved format and market-by-market approach give Sanzar healthy increases in three home markets

Globo 100-per-cent neutral in election ... Federation silent on Fasel report ... Lega fears irreparable damage

Expanding number of live matches offered to TV is now the most obvious way of driving domestic revenues.

Golf: US broadcaster America One Television acquired the rights for the OneAsia Series in a three-year deal, from 2010 to 2012, brokered by the World Sport Group agency

American Football: UK pay-broadcaster ESPN acquired the rights for NFL Monday Night football in a two-year deal covering the 2010-11 and 2011-12 seasons. The deal covers live, repeat and pre-game programming

Football: ESPN acquired mobile clip rights for the English Premier League in the UK in a three-year deal with the league worth about £15m, from 2010-11 to 2012-13.

The latest figures from the UK and beyond showing HD's growth.

New player Aruna Media will sell 3D rights for World Cup matches to cinema chains and public viewing arenas around the world.

An ad agency has taken on the Greek F1 rights.