Germany
Saban leads German rush for Olympic rights
“A cleaned-up, healthy Germany could be the engine room of the European rights market”
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Rugby union and more
Rugby union: Pay-television operator British Sky Broadcasting acquired the live rights for English international and domestic rugby in a five-year deal, 2005-06 to 2009-10, with the Rugby Football Union, the sport’s national governing body, and Premier Rugby, the umbrella body of the country’s top-tier clubs.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Basketball, wrestling, horseracing and more
Basketball: Spain’s top domestic league, the ACB Liga, failed to agree television deals in time for the start of its season for the second successive year.
How Bundesliga will avoid paying Infront €50m
Crunch year for Eurosport as EBU decides key access deal
How English and German leagues got different deals
Premiere set for basketball share
Germany falters as ice hockey leagues sign deals
The German ice hockey league started the new season last week without a live-rights television deal in place.
So even Rai liked the Olympics. Not bad for an ‘excessive luxury’
Premier goes to EC over Olympics
Radical changes to America’s Cup boosts TV deals
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Cricket, football and German touring cars
Cricket: Indian public-service broadcaster Doordarshan agreed a deal for the terrestrial rights for select matches from International Cricket Council tournaments up until 2007, including 19 matches from the 2007 World Cup and nine from the Champions Trophy this year and in 2006
Leagues go for more control of TV production
F1’s TV season is saved by last five races for title
Record viewing for women’s cup
Spain rivalry lifts MotoGP but F1 stalls with Alonso
Spanish public-service broadcaster TVE is enjoying a flying start for its coverage of motorcycling’s MotoGP this season, with the rivalry between young Spanish riders Jorge Lorenzo and Dani Pedrosa