Germany

Boxing

April’s two Formula 1 races were the most featured events of the month in the TV Sports Markets monthly survey of European viewing.
Skiing

Italian public-service broadcaster Rai is close to finalising a deal with Italian agency Media Partners to acquire the rights for skiing’s alpine world cup.
Athletics

Football: Fifa, world football’s governing body, rejected a minimum offer of $2.8bn (£1.6bn/€2.3bn)
Athletics

Football dominates European sports viewing in the TV Sports Markets survey for March.
Football

The value of German football’s Bundesliga international rights is expected to increase by up to 40 per cent next season.
Football

All the major German broadcasters are involved in a fierce battle for the television rights for football’s 2006 World Cup in host country Germany.
Tennis

Tennis’s French and Australian Opens are facing the strong possibility of significant cuts in their European television rights fees.

The IOC prompted all the major media players in Germany, Europe’s largest television market, to join the fray for the country’s television rights for the 2010 and 2012 Olympics.
Football

Explosion of competition in Germany for the rights for football’s 2006 World Cup.
Bobsleigh/skeleton

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.

Basketball

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.

Football

League hopes new rights-selling strategy will earn them a better rights fee, and enough to repay Infront
Athletics

Double threat to Eurosport from Eurosport-sceptics within EBU, and EC investigation into EBU collective selling
Football

Marked differences in the out-comes of the European Commission’s investigations into England’s Premier League and Germany’s Bundesliga
Basketball

German pay-television broadcaster Premiere is set to acquire the live rights for the German basketball league
Ice Hockey

The German ice hockey league started the new season last week without a live-rights television deal in place.

The Athens Olympics attracted impressive ratings for Europe’s public-service broadcasters

German pay-television operator Premiere is to make a formal complaint to the European commission about the International Olympic Committee’s tender