Europe
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Basketball and more
Basketball: The US National Basketball Association signed deals for this season with 164 broadcasters covering 215 countries.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Formula One, football, others
Formula One: Formula One Management signed new deals in four of the sport’s major markets, renewing deals in Italy with public-service broadcaster Rai, in Brazil with TV Globo, in Australia with Channel Ten and in Russia signing a deal with a new partner, the RTL-owned Ren TV
Swiss league’s fee demands are ‘wishful thinking’
The Swiss football league is hoping to replicate the success of some of its European neighbours
Italian TV will fight asking price for Euro 2008
The Sportfive agency has begun talks in Italy for the television rights for football’s Euro 2008
Why Canal Plus legal victory could be a big mistake
Canal Plus’s successful legal challenge against the award of the French League Cup rights to public-service broadcaster France Télévisions could backfire
TV rivals are not ready to challenge Sogecable’s grip
Sogecable is likely to keep its stranglehold on Primera Liga pay-television rights in new deals next summer
Premier’s Brussels deal
Premier League Offering
Premier League set to gain from new rights regime
The English Premier League is almost certain to bring in more money from its next round of domestic rights sales
F1 viewing shows how viewers want home success
Television audiences of the drivers and manufacturers’ home markets reflect rise and fall
F1 lifts fees in four major markets, even flagging Italy
Formula One has signed long-term deals in four major markets – Italy, Brazil, Australia and Russia – securing rights-fee increases across the board.
Rai sues Lega Calcio over award of Serie A rights
Italian state broadcaster Rai has surprised the domestic television and sports market by sticking to its threat
Skiing starts new talks to centralise world cup rights
The Fédération Internationale de Ski, the sport’s world governing body, will try to buy the television rights for each of the national associations
Italian U-turn on joint selling
The Italian antitrust authority has made a historic U-turn on the collective selling of television rights
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Skiing, cricket, new media
Skiing: Swiss public-service broadcaster SRG SSR acquired the rights for Swiss World Cup events in a four-year deal, 2007-08 to 2010-11, with the Swiss ski federation
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Africa, World Cup, Serie A
Football: African pay-television broadcaster Supersport acquired the rights for the South African Premier Soccer League, the country’s top-tier football league, in a five-year deal, 2007-08 to 2011-12, w…
Historic victory isn’t a turn-on for Spanish viewers
Broadcaster reduces coverage on flagship channel, despite rise of Spanish star
Sponsors cover Serie A gamble
Italian football declining in popularity in the UK
Slow growth keeps Liga off mobiles
Discounted new media rights still on shelf after a year