Germany

American Football

Football: Spanish agency Mediapro made a seven-year offer worth €1.19bn (£815m), or €170m a season, for the television rights to Spanish Primera Liga club Real Madrid covering the seasons from 2008-09 to 2014-15.

Cycling

High-profile doping scandals hit television viewing for this year’s Tour de France.

Athletics

The European Athletics Championships will need to get good ratings if the European Athletics Association is to get an increase in television rights fees.

Football

League claims deal will earn clubs €3 billion, but only €450 million has been guaranteed so far
Boxing

Ice Skating: The European Broadcasting Union acquired the rights for the World and European Championships and other events in a four-year deal with the International Skating Union, the sport's world governing…
Athletics

Audience of 230 million in Europe

Ice Skating

EBU deal brings 10 per cent rights increase
Football

EM.Sport acquisitions cover rights management, production, distribution
Boxing

Seven senior executives have left since the Lagardère takeover
Football

MP & Silva, Sportfive and Rai Trade agencies estimated to have brought in about €100 million overall for 2007-08 season

Football

Banker’s letter of comfort produced last week by Leo Kirch in support of his deal for German football’s Bundesliga rights
Football

English Premier League to receive £74 million over three years from sale of mobile and internet clip rights

Basketball

Football: Swiss pay-television broadcaster Teleclub acquired the live rights for all matches in Germany’s Bundesliga 1 and Bundesliga 2 in a one-year sublicensing deal with German pay-broadcaster Premiere. 
Cycling

Audiences fall in Germany and Switzerland, but rise elsewhere
Football

MP & Silva suing over collapsed negotiations for €7 million three-year deal, makes complaint to German anti-trust authority
Football

Football: South African public-service broadcaster SABC sublicensed the rights for 143 matches of the Premier Soccer League, the country’s top-tier football league, from pay-broadcaster SuperSport. 

British grand prix attracts highest audience since 2001 despite clash with Wimbledon tennis final

Football

Football: Italian public-service broadcaster Rai agreed a deal with the Sportfive agency for the rights to football’s Euro 2008 tournament.