France

Football

Al Jazeera makes aggressive move to get into sports-rights business
Handball

Handball: Setanta Africa, the sub-Saharan Africa sports broadcaster, acquired the rights for the European Handball Federation Champions League Final Four in a deal with the Sportsman Media Group
Equestrian

THe FEI believes its new rights deals will expand exposure and increase revenues over the next four years

Football

League rights spotlight on Germany's Bundesliga

Football

French broadcasters again make low bids for Euro 2012 and 2016.
Football

Broadcasters say Uefa is astute in its packaging of rights for Euro 2012 and 2016 in France.

Athletics

Spanish free-to-air broadcasters follow Germans in bidding low for World Championships rights.

Rugby League

Rugby League: Pan-regional broadcaster Setanta Asia acquired rights for the Australian National Rugby League’s Premiership and State of Origin competitions in a two-year deal, covering 2011 and 2012, w…
Boxing

Boxing: New Zealand state broadcaster Māori Television acquired the exclusive rights to show the heavyweight boxing clash between David Tua and Demetrius King on March 19.
American Football

American Football: NFL team the New York Jets extended its television and marketing partnership in a multi-year deal with regional sports network SportsNet New York (SNY)
Boxing

Universum floored by lack of new TV deal ... Team coming calling ... TVE set to renew Vuelta deal ... Football the draw in 2010

Boxing

Boxing: Triumph Media Group extended its deal with Klitshcko Management Group covering the distribution of the global media rights to the 2011 fights of Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko
Football

Football: German pay-television and internet broadcaster Sportdigital acquired non-exclusive rights for the Italian Serie A in a deal running until the end of the 2010-11 season with the MP & Silva agency…
Darts

Uefa over half way there on centralisation plan ... F1 renews in key markets ... EAA drops its fee for 2012 ... AFA TV plans ‘not viable’ ... Taylor exit doesn’t hurt PDC
Athletics

Athletics: The European Broadcasting Union acquired rights for European Athletics Association events in a four-year deal, from 2012 to 2015
Football

Regulator approves French league channel but critics say subscriber projections are "crazy".
Basketball

Ficot to quit Sportfive for personal reasons ... NBA 'good business' for MCS ... Italian FA set to survive Rai cuts ... Chello's Sport1 Golf eyes expansion
Athletics

Asian Games: The IEC in Sports agency was appointed to handle worldwide media distribution of the 7th Asian Winter Games by the Games’s organising committee.