France

Cricket

Bill Sinrich, the former top IMG executive, could be on the verge of a spectacular re-entry into the industry.

Football

International rights split between several agencies - revenue increases 275 per cent

Football

Eight of the world’s Top 10 leagues for domestic audiovisual revenue are European and two Latin American, according to a new report comparing rights deals by TV Sports Markets.

Basketball

Olympics: Australia’s Nine Network and pay-platform Foxtel acquired the rights for the 2010 and 2012 Olympics in a deal worth A$126m (£55m/€79m) with the International Olympic Committee.  In

Hamilton, Raikkonen, Kubica, Alonso attract big audiences in home markets, but German, French and Italian audiences fall

Football

Negotiations for the international rights for French football’s top tier Ligue 1 may be complicated by the finalising of the domestic rights contract
Football

·   Football: Canadian public-service broadcaster CBC acquired the rights for all Fifa events for the eight-year period from 2007 to 2014, including the 2010 and 2014 World Cups. 
Athletics

Poor viewing for the European athletics championships in Gothenburg will not help the European Athletics Association get the fee increase it is trying to get.

Basketball

Football: Portuguese public-service broadcaster RTP acquired the rights to the national team’s Euro 2008 home qualifiers and friendlies in a two-year deal, 2006-07 to 2007-08, with the Olivedesportos agency

Football

The Sportfive agency faces difficult talks in the remaining four big European markets where it has yet to sell the rights for football’s 2008 European Championship.

Athletics

EBU-athletics tensions, Canal Plus basketball fees drop, IOC's Australian rights fee, ESS tears up deals in UK and Australia, Trans World Sport's future in balance
Football

African deal paves the way for IMG contract extension
Basketball

Rugby Union: French public-service broadcaster France Télévisions acquired the rights for the Six Nations tournament in a four-year deal with the Six Nations Committee, from 2010 to 2013, worth over €…
Rugby Union

Rugby World Cup viewing in Europe, Oceania, Argentina, South Africa
Cycling

High-profile doping scandals hit television viewing for this year’s Tour de France.

Rugby Union

Commercial broadcaster competition forcing BBC and France Télévisions to pay increased fees for Rugby World Cup
Boxing

Ice Skating: The European Broadcasting Union acquired the rights for the World and European Championships and other events in a four-year deal with the International Skating Union, the sport's world governing…
Football

Football: Austrian public-service broadcaster ORF acquired the rights for all 31 matches of the Euro 2008 tournament in a deal worth €10m (£7m).