France

Cycling

German and Spanish audiences for the Tour de France increased by over 20 per cent this year, giving the Amaury Sport Organisation a shot in the arm, with negotiations for a new deal expected before 2011 Tour.

Cricket

O'Brien comes out fighting over IPL ... Sportklub looks for elbow room ... Canal Plus to hold Wimbledon

Football

But Spain's Telecinco is expected to lose heavily on rights investment.
Tennis

Early eliminations of French players and World Cup clash hit ratings.

Boxing

Boxing: German commercial broadcaster RTL acquired the exclusive rights for the next five fights of the Klitschko brothers, Vladimir and Vitali, in a deal with the Klitschko Management Group worth a reported…
Football

Football: Nepalese media buying agency Media Hub Private Limited acquired the rights in Nepal for the 2010 Fifa World Cup in a deal with ESPN Star Sports
Football

First Saturday Champions League final fails to pull in families and is a ratings flop in two of Europe's big five markets.

Football

Football: Singapore telecoms companies Starhub and SingTel acquired the rights for the 2010 Fifa World Cup in non-exclusive deals worth about $17m (€13m), brokered by the Football Media Services agency.
Football

German commercial broadcaster pleased with audiences in first season of "too expensive" deal.

Football

MCS "hurt and angry" by Ligue rights refusal
Horse Racing

The latest figures from the UK and beyond showing HD's growth.

Football

Football: Spanish commercial broadcaster Telecinco acquired the rights for eight matches from this year’s Fifa World Cup in a deal with Prisa-owned pay-broadcaster Sogecable.
Rugby Union

Big audiences followed the successful teams this year, with Grand Slam winners France landing the biggest domestic audience increase.

A look at the audiences pulled by the 2010 Winter Olympics around the world.

Athletics

News round-up, Vol 14 Issue 5
Athletics

Athletics: African pay-operator SuperSport acquired non-exclusive rights for all events in the IAAF’s World Athletics Series in sub-Saharan Africa, including South Africa, in a four-year deal from 2010 t…
Football

Football: French commercial broadcaster TF1 sublicensed rights for the 2010 World Cup to public-service broadcaster France Télévisions and pay-broadcaster Canal Plus in deals worth a combined €33m ($4…
Football

The French and Belgian leagues are latest to consider in-house channels in the face of weak demand for their rights from broadcasters.