Europe
C4 under fresh attack for giving sport ‘poorer’ slot
Broadcaster defends decision to move skiing coverage to "graveyard" slot
Warren puts live undercard fights on internet ppv
First live internet boxing for UK from Ricky Hatton undercard
ITV may bring back boxing
Boxing one of a range of sports ITV is looking at “to replace” the Premier League
Brussels tells EBU: Your new rules aren’t good enough
Proposed changes would lead to non-members being able to acquire substantial Olympics coverage from EBU members on fair and reasonable terms
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Rugby, ice sports and more
Rugby Union: French pay-television channel Sport Plus acquired the rights for European rugby union’s top club competition, the Heineken Cup, in a three-year deal with organisers European Rugby Cup, starting t…
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football, tennis and more
Football: Dutch public-service broadcaster NOS acquired the rights for all 64 matches of football’s 2006 World Cup in a deal with the Infront Sports & Media agency.
Ice federation has to take cut in TV cash and coverage
France Télévisions will pay only a third of the present rights fee
Infront sues Kirch over Bundesliga
Infront alleges that agency formed by Kirchmedia creditors to handle the Bundesliga rights was insolvent at the time it was sold
Nordic Canal Plus regains football, renews ice hockey
Pay and ppv Allsvenskan rights secured for two years
NOS wins no-option World Cup
Failure by Holland to qualify could cost NOS €8m
Why 3G rights ownership will be a hot debate
Clubs argue that 3G rights are not covered by law giving federation control of media rights
German screens blacked out for Spanish Liga
MediaPro pulls plug on DSF halfway through first match
Spanish league gets off to a healthy TV start
First 11 matches get 4.17m average audience
RTVE still in search of deal for Liga
Broadcaster cannot agree fee with regional broadcasting organisation
Rally plans more live TV as rights deal looks close
Three rallies to be shown live, despite uninspiring viewing figures
Collapse of UPC-Canal Plus deal is bad for both sides
UPC will have to delay plans to launch sports channel in Netherlands
Rejected agency sues league
Rejected agency sues Primera Liga and Sogecable
Italian clubs’ TV channel in last-ditch bid to stay alive
Clubs need €10 m immediately to pay their players