Europe

Top UK sports rights executive Trevor East will take on a number of roles – as well as becoming director of sports at Irish-based pay-broadcaster Setanta.
Football

A breakaway Italian super league, along the lines of England’s Premier League, will be in place next season
Football

The Sportfive agency is to sue Russian commercial broadcaster 7TV over a string of allegedly unpaid rights fees
Football

The high-value deals agreed by Italian state-broadcaster Rai for football’s World Cup and Champions League mark a major change in the sports-finance
Football

Czech Television acquired the rights for the Gambrinus Liga, but it is threatening to pull out of the deal unless the football association tackles new corruption accusations.

Football

The decision of Greek league champions Olympiacos to sell its television rights to public-service broadcaster ERT has led to a radical re-alignment of the rights for the country’s top football league.

Football

Greek monopoly pay-operator NetMed Hellas is facing a challenge from the launch of digital-terrestrial and internet television.

Football

Fox Turkey makes first major foray into sport
American Football

Figure Skating: US network NBC acquired the rights for US figure skating in a three-year deal with the US Figure Skating Association, covering the national championships and the international Skate America…
Football

Football: Pay-operator Premiere acquired the Austrian pay-television rights for the top two domestic leagues, the Bundesliga and the Zac Erste division, in a three-year deal from 2007-08 to 2009-10
Athletics

Basketball: Spanish commercial broadcaster La Sexta acquired the rights to this year’s basketball World Championships in a deal with Fiba, the international basketball federation.

Football

Football: Spanish Primera Liga champions FC Barcelona agreed a long-term deal with the Mediapro agency which guarantees the club at least €1bn (£685m) for its domestic and international television rights for the seven years from 2006-07 to 2012-13.

Football

The Belgian Football Association is threatening to sell the home matches of the national team on a match-by-match basis in Flanders.

Football

German broadcasters could be forced to pay much more for the Euro 2008 rights because of strong competition.

Football

Sportfive has postponed the selling of Euro 2008 pay-television rights in the Netherlands after the only bidder offered less than €500,000.

Football

German pay-television company Premiere got its last orders from the Bundesliga when it failed to win the league’s rights for public-place viewing.

Football

Strong competition for the Euro 2008 rights in France should lead to a steep increase in rights fees because of the rivalry among the country’s terrestrial broadcasters.

Football

The Premier League’s £171.6 million deal with the BBC takes the league’s audiovisual-rights income to more than £680 million.