Europe
Mediapro coup leaves Sogecable fighting to survive
G-30 deal means Mediapro has rights for 39 out of 42 Liga clubs
No Grand Slam for Eurosport
Grass is greener market-by-market for Wimbledon
NBA, Kirch and UK the biggest TV payers in 2007
The NBA’s renewal of its domestic television rights deals was the largest broadcast rights deal agreed in 2007
Rugby World Cup and Hamilton top good year for ITV
England’s defeat by South Africa in the final of rugby union’s World Cup attracted the largest television sports audience in the UK in 2007
Murdoch plays on Kirch nerves with shock return to Premiere
Rupert Murdoch’s surprise acquisition of a stake in German pay-television platform Premiere is bad news for media entrepreneur Leo Kirch
Football TV revolution brings seismic shift in top markets
Impending closure of German cable channel and collapse of Spanish
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Tennis, Olympics, football, hockey and more
Tennis: US network NBC and cable broadcaster ESPN are set to acquire the rights for the Wimbledon tournament in two separate four-year deals, 2008 to 2011
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: NBA, Euro 2008, French, Spanish, Italian football
Basketball: US Disney-owned broadcasters ABC and ESPN and Time Warner’s Turner Sports extended their deals with the National Basketball Association for a further eight years from 2008-09 to 2015-16.Â
La Liga viewing falls 38% with move to La Sexta
Limited penetration major reason for fall
Pay competition brings in listed events
Olympics, international football, ice hockey, skiing and athletics protected
Ice-hockey threat provides early test for new Canal Plus
MTV3 offers double current domestic ice-hockey rights fee
Is cable the answer to French league’s lack of bidders?
Noos-Numéricâble becomes first French cable operator to acquire, rather than just distribute, content
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Nascar, rugby, Commonwealth Games and more
Motorsport: US motor racing series Nascar finalised a series of eight-year deals worth an overall $4.5bn (£2.6bn/€3.8bn), a 40-per-cent increase on its present deals.
Germany and UK find life is cheaper without EBU
Public service broadcasters paying less for Euro 2008 rights
Three FAs may join forces to sell national matches
The Danish, Norwegian and Swedish national football associations are considering selling their international television rights jointly from next year
TV reality dawns on De Mol
Sale of Tien to RTL Nederland likely to end three-year boom in Dutch sports rights market
Swedish football having hard time getting top fees
Talks over the sale of Swedish football’s television rights have stalled
Prisa loses faith in pay-TV but can’t find buyer for Sogecable
Pay-television business has failed to grow despite dominant position since merger with Via Digital