France

English Premier League to receive £74 million over three years from sale of mobile and internet clip rights

Eurosport willing to pay $3 million, Canal Plus want them to pay $18 million

Audiences fall in Germany and Switzerland, but rise elsewhere

Advertisers keen on rugby as it attracts affluent males

British grand prix attracts highest audience since 2001 despite clash with Wimbledon tennis final

The French team’s success in getting to the World Cup final boosted advertising revenue for French commercial broadcasters TF1 and M6.

Cycling: French public-service broadcaster France Télévisions renewed its deal for the Tour de France.

Bidding for the traditional free-to-air highlights rights for French football’s Ligue 1 is unlikely to be too competitive

French pay-television operator Canal Plus should remain confident of winning the rights it wants for top-tier Ligue 1 football

Television viewing for the 2006 World Cup in Germany smashed viewing records in several countries in Europe and elsewhere.

BSkyB subscribers increase by 77,000 as last quarter sees pay-television growth in three of five European markets

World Cup winners Italy could get a 20-per-cent increase in television-rights fees.

Football: Japanese pay-operator Wowow and commercial broadcaster TBS acquired the rights for all 31 matches of Euro 2008 in a deal brokered by the Sportfive agency on behalf of Uefa

German audiences crash, but ratings in France hold up

Golf: UK pay-broadcaster Setanta acquired the rights to the US PGA Tour in a six-year deal, from 2007 to 2012.

Football: Spanish agency Mediapro signed a deal worth close to €100m (£68m) per season from 2009-10 to 2013-14, for the television rights of the G-30, the group of 25 first and second division Liga fo…