Germany

AOL Time Warner pulled out of the bidding for the rights for the 2010 and 2012 Olympic Games because, it said, it could not meet the International Olympic Committee’s tender requirements.

Qualifying matches for football’s European Championship next year dominated the April charts in TV Sports Markets monthly survey.

The governments of Germany and the UK are almost certain to scupper moves by the top sports federations to get EU support in several key areas.

Premier Chief Executive Kofler expects hefty fall, after big drop in fee for highlights

German agency Infront Sports agreed a one-year deal for Bundesliga rights with a group comrising EM

Football and winter sports dominate European sports viewing in the TV Sports Markets’ survey for March.

SportA, the troubled sports rights agency of Germany’s public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF, has won a reprieve.

ARD is the favourite to acquire the primary highlights rights for the Bundesliga.

The Italian league appears to be ploughing a surprisingly lonely furrow in setting up its own channel.

Commercial broadcasters in several European countries are planning an onslaught on many of the top sports rights.

The changes introduced to Formula 1 this season to make the races more exciting are having a mixed effect on last year’s falling television audiences.

German commercial broadcaster RTL is close to agreeing a deal for the rights to motorcycling’s MotoGP championship.

Team has been forced into a potentially damaging compromise deal with RTL over the German broadcaster’s treatment of the rest of this season’s tournament.

Informal talks between broadcasters in Italy and Germany over the rights for the Uefa Champions League have raised the spectre of possible collusion over bids.

As the winter sports’ season comes to a close, a number of events dominated TV Sports Markets analysis of European viewing for February

The future of two established German sports rights agencies, SportA and ISPR, is still in doubt.