Germany

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

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

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

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…

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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…

Cricket: Pan-Asian broadcaster ESPN Star Sports acquired the worldwide rights for International Cricket Council events from September 2007 through to 2015.

Germany’s two pay-television rivals Premiere and Arena are understood to have collaborated in acquiring the rights to English Premier League football.