Germany

Women's World Championships draw good audiences in Norway, Germany, Romania
Football

Football: Polish public-service broadcaster TVP and commercial broadcaster Polsat agreed a joint-deal for the 2006 World Cup with the Infront agency worth €15m (£10.3m).

Football

The German antitrust authority this week defended its decision to launch a new investigation into the collective selling of Bundesliga media rights
Cricket

Kirch shadow falls on Champions League rights Speculation that German media entrepreneur Leo Kirch may be planning a merger between German rights group EM
Athletics

Motorsport: German pay-broadcaster Premiere extended its deal for live Formula One rights by one year, until the end of the 2007 season.

Football

The media-rights sales for three of Europe’s top five leagues have come under fresh regulatory scrutiny
Football

The climax of the football season in Europe attracted big audiences for free-to-air broadcasters across the continent.

Basketball

Cricket: UK pay-broadcaster Setanta acquired the exclusive rights for the India Premier League, the domestic Twenty20 competition set up by the Board of Control for Cricket in India, in a five-year deal…
Cricket

Rugby League: UK pay-broadcaster BSkyB and public-service broadcaster the BBC acquired the rights for the top-tier Super League, the second-tier National League, international matches and the Challenge…

The Turin Winter Olympics attracted impressive audiences to European public-service broadcasters.

Football

Year-end subscriber figures for football-driven pay-television over telephone networks in Europe will neither excite the enthusiasts nor worry traditional television.

Football

Premiere and Deutsche Telekom are in advanced talks over a deal that could give Premiere a share of German football’s Bundesliga rights.

Baseball

Motorsport: German pay-broad-caster Premiere acquired the exclusive live rights for US motor racing’s Nascar and Indycar series for the 2006 season.

Baseball

Football: Italian broadcaster Mediaset acquired the broadcast rights across any medium to top Serie A club Inter Milan in a two-year deal worth €200m (£137m), covering the 2007-08 and 2008-09 seasons.

Football

Arena Sport is in talks with all Germany’s free-to-air broadcasters about sublicensing up to three live matches a season.

Handball

German sports channel DSF agreed a television-rights deal for major handball and ice-hockey championships with public-service broadcaster ARD.

Football

The French football league’s €29 million a-year- deal with Orange for its mobile rights places it second among Europe’s top six leagues.

American Football

Football: A consortium of Telecoms company Telenor and Scandinavia’s commercial broadcasters, TV2 in Denmark, TV2 in Norway and TV4 in Sweden, acquired the rights for the Euro 2008 tournament in a deal w…