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Football
Europe

The switch-over in Finland from analogue to digital-terrestrial television transmission could shake up the country’s “quiet and closed” sports-rights market.

Skiing
Finland

Finnish viewing figures for ski-jumping’s blue-riband Four Hills tournament soared
Athletics
Europe

Olympics, international football, ice hockey, skiing and athletics protected

Ice Hockey
Europe

MTV3 offers double current domestic ice-hockey rights fee
Europe

Television audiences of the drivers and manufacturers’ home markets reflect rise and fall
Football
Denmark

Price forced up by competition from TV4, who buy the rights in Sweden for two seasons
Football
Brazil

Football: UK commercial operator ITV and pay-broadcaster Setanta acquired the rights for the FA Cup knock-out competition and England national team matches in a four-year, £425m (€623m) deal with the En…
Football
Czech Republic

Football’s Champions League final was not the only major sporting event in May to attract good viewing for broadcasters around Europe.
Europe

F1 gamble proves Finns will pay to watch TV sport
Australian Rules Football
Australia

Australian Rules: Australian pay-television operator Foxtel acquired pay-television rights for the Australian Football League in a sub-licensing deal worth A$315
Basketball
Australia

Ice hockey:  Finnish ice-hockey’s domestic SM-liiga signed a three-year joint-deal with pay-television operator Canal Plus Nordic and free-to-air commercial broadcaster Nelonen worth about €3.7m (£2.5m) a
Ice Hockey
Europe

Finland’s top domestic ice hockey league, the SM-liiga, is to put most of its matches on to pay-television
Denmark

Takeover of the Nordic Canal Plus subscription channels by SBS Broadcasting
Football
Canada

Olympics:  The Bell Globemedia-Rogers Communications consortium won the Canadian rights to the 2010 and 2012 Olympics
Finland

Canal Plus major threat to the country’s free-to-air broadcasters
Football
Europe

Canal Plus is considering a carriage deal with the direct-to-home satellite platform of its main rival, Viasat.

Skiing
Austria

EBU set to get money back for Italian skiing rights.

Basketball
Denmark

Decision to hand back golf rights allows rival to recover monopoly on top Tour golf and launch golf channel.
Europe

Sportfive to sign television rights deals for World Rally Championship in top five European markets next week.