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Incumbent Premiere's lower offer chosen over bigger, but more financially risky ProSiebenSat.1 offer

Football’s European Championship in Portugal dominated sports viewing across Europe in June.

The decision to turn the European touring car championship into a world series has been welcomed by motorsport observers.

Football’s Euro 2004 championship was a big hit with television audiences across Europe.

The European Commission has opened an investigation into the way that the International Olympic Committee awarded the media rights for the 2010 and 2012 Olympic Games to the EBU.

The UK round of showjumping’s Samsung Super League will have no coverage on the country's terrestrial television.

Football: German pay-televison broadcaster Premiere is set to sign a two-year deal, said to be worth €350m (£235m), with the Deutsche Fussball Liga for football’s Bundesliga.  Th

The European Broadcasting Union faced strong competition for the Olympics television rights, particularly in Germany.

The European Broadcasting Union’s deal for the media rights for the Olympic Games of 2010 and 2012 could face legal challenges from two losing bidders.

German commercial broadcaster wants to become home of motorsport on television

But failure of Gioco Calcio, with latest Serie A defections to Sky Italia, calls into question how serious an alternative league channels are

New American private-equity owner has the financial muscle to back bids for top football, but does it have the will?

Ecclestone desire for more races in Asia will hit audiences in Europe, which is still the biggest television rights revenue generator

A successful bid could spell the end for Premiere

Football: Portuguese state broadcaster RTP completed the sublicensing of 19 of the 31 matches in this year’s football European Championship to rival commercial broadcasters SIC and TVI (TV Sports Markets 7…

Huge difference in valuations indicate that a deal with ARD and ZDF for all 40 matches is unlikely

Olympics:  The International Olympic Committee will start a tendering process in March for the sale of television rights in Europe to the 2010 Olympics and beyond.

Negotiations upcoming with Union Cycliste Internationale and individual event organisers about World Championship and World Cup events