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TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football, squash, cycling and more
Audiovisual Sport, the football rights-holding company for Spain’s two main pay-television companies, said it valued the rights of all 20 clubs in the Primera Liga at €200m a season, 25 per cent less tha…
Masters expands world coverage
Fifty broadcasters around the world will show the tennis’s Masters series this year.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football, golf, tennis and more
Spanish Primera Liga football club Atletico Madrid opted out of its collective-selling deal with other clubs to sign a €52m (£34m) deal with Audiovisual Sport, the rights-pooling company for pay-opera-ors So…
Europe 2002
The Salt Lake City Winter Olympics and football’s World Cup in Japan and Korea were the two major events that dominated European sports viewing in 2002.
Live Superbowl wins steady Euro-ratings
American Football’s Superbowl was broadcast live by four terrestrial channels in Europe.
Why highlights are ‘overpriced’
German commercial channel Sat.1 argues that the highlights rights for the Bundesliga are overpriced.
Bundesliga deals ‘safe’, even if new owner is unhappy
The Deutsche Fussball Liga, which runs Germany’s top football league, the Bundesliga, has rejected claims that its television deals are at risk.
TV bidding game: wild cards and maybe-bidders
The emergence of wild-card bidders for the Champions League television rights could kick start competition in Germany, Italy, and Spain.
Selling Golden League TV rights ‘will be tough’
Athletics Managements and Services have said that selling the television rights for the Golden League will be tough.
How news access is controlled
The basic public right to information is enshrined in Article 10 of the European Convention of Human Rights.
Premiere wants to go it alone with multi-channel F1
Two months after Ecclestone closed his multi-channel ppv coverage of Formula 1, Premiere wants to create its own multi-channel service.
Row over sport news-access
Demands by the big news agencies for greater news access to sports events looks set to lead to a major row involving sports rights-holders, sports agencies and the EC.
Why live action is key for World Rally’s financial future
The success of the World Rally Championship’s plan to provide live coverage of the event this year is likely to determine the long-term future of the series.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: DFB deals, Ligue 1, Football League, Serie A
Football: German public-service broadcasters ARD/ZDF acquired the rights for German national team-matches and first-pick matches of the DFB Cup knockout competition in a three-year deal from 2009-10 to…
Bundesliga fishing for competition
The German football league’s attempts to shake up a market still dominated by pay-broadcaster Premiere for the next Bundesliga deal have been praised by independent observers.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Bundesliga, football and snooker
Football: German pay-television broadcaster Premiere acquired the rights for German football’s Bundesliga for the next two seasons paying €355m (£235 million) – €175m for 2004-05 and €180m for 2005-06…
Bundesliga rejects the unknown to take lower bid
Incumbent Premiere's lower offer chosen over bigger, but more financially risky ProSiebenSat.1 offer