France

French commercial broadcaster TF1 wants to renegotiate its highlights deal with the French football league

French commercial broadcaster TF1 has joined forces with Turkey’s biggest media company

Motorsport: German pay-broad-caster Premiere acquired the exclusive live rights for motor racing’s Nascar and Indycar series for the 2006 season.

·   Football: The Dentsu and Infront agencies acquired the Rest of Asia rights to the 2010 and 2014 World Cups in a deal with Fifa, football’s world governing body.  De

Criticism of the list of French protected sports events.

The Six Nations championship boosted television audiences in all participating countries except Italy.

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

French football’s Ligue 1 rights the most expensive in the world

Cricket: The Nimbus Sport agency acquired the worldwide television rights to cricket in India in a four-year deal with the Board of Control for Cricket in India. Nimbus will pay $612

·   Football: African broadcasters acquired the rights for the African Cup of Nations in a series of last-minute deals with the LC2 agency. 

France, Italy, UK and Nordic region the only European territories covered so far.

Football: The German Football League awarded the rights for the Bundesliga in several three-year deals covering 2006-07 to 2008-09.

Versatel has jumped into the vanguard of an emerging movement by telecoms companies to seriously challenge broadcasters for live television rights.

France Télévisions believe that FIS must change to interest broadcasters.

Formula One Management to take over host-broadcasting from 2007 season.

Football: French commercial broadcasters TF1 and M6 reportedly acquired the rights for football's Euro 2008 in a deal brokered by the Sportfive agency.

English Premier League considers launching own channel in only two territories without a deal.

Television rights division snapped up by rival IMG