Europe

Football fans in the Middle East have had a battle to access Al Jazeera Sport’s coverage of Euro 2008.

Leo Kirch is facing an impossible dilemma.

Ice hockey: Canadian cable sports broadcaster TSN extended its television rights deal with the National Hockey League for a further six years, through to 2013-14, in a contract worth at least C$200m (£101m/€127m). 

Football: Portuguese mobile operator Optimus acquired exclusive mobile rights in Portugal to Uefa’s Euro 2008 championships, in a sublicensing deal worth close to €1.2m

Modern Times Group’s Swedish digital terrestrial channel TV6 attracted its highest-ever audiences last month

Competition between Irish public service broadcaster RTÉ and commercial rival TV3 resulted in Champions League rights fees more than doubling

A new television rights deal for Belgium’s top-tier domestic football league was finally agreed this week

The Sportfive agency is in talks with Dutch football’s top-tier league, the Eredivisie, about taking a minority stake in its new television channel.

Madrid court ruling to resolve the conflict be over top-tier domestic football television rights is almost certain to be postponed

Fifa close to deal in Malaysia but Uefa bides its time

Sports rights agencies Sportfive and IMG have one week to match the offer made last month by Infront for the rights to Italy’s top football division, Serie A.

Football: Portuguese public service broadcaster RTP agreed to sub-license 20 matches of football’s European Championship in Portugal next year to commercial channels SIC and TVI.

Commercial broadcaster rejects offer of a share of live rights from France Télévisions and TF1, holds out for better offer

Public service broadcaster will recoup €4m of its €6.5m rights fee spend

Mediaset claims it outbid Rai, but was then forced to withdraw bid

MotoGP and World Superbikes viewing