Germany

The revamped Golden League athletics series has still to win television coverage in two of Europe’s top five television markets.

Football: German public-service broadcasters ARD/ZDF acquired the live and delayed rights for all 64 matches of the 2014 World Cup from Fifa, football’s world governing body. 

Pay-television newcomers Setanta in the UK and Arena in Germany are bidding strongly for US golf rights against the established pay-operators in their countries.

The German football league this week ended its acrimonious dispute with Deutsche Telekom over the telecom company’s plan to use its Bundesliga internet rights to reach cable and satellite television sets.

EBU broadcasters believe that fee expectations of rights-holders are unrealistic

The German Handball League is set to win a big increase in its television rights fees if it accepts an offer by Premiere.

Athletics: The Dentsu agency, acting on behalf of the International Association of Athletics Federations, brokered three-year deals with broadcasters in China, Korea and New Zealand covering the 2007 and…

Football: Caribbean sports cable channel SportsMax acquired the free-to-air and pay-television rights for all Fifa events from 2007 to 2014 in a deal worth $18m (£9.3m/€13.7m). 

Mixed news for European domestic cup football audiences

Robert Müller von Vultejus explains agency's branching into production and broadcast

It was a one-off, unparalleled, cost-free advertisement for pay-services

German cable company consortium is takeover target for Liberty Global

German football’s Bundesliga is facing an unprecedented row over the sale of its television rights.

Football: New Spanish commercial channel La Sexta, which launched last week, acquired the rights to this year’s World Cup.

Fernando Alonso’s strong start to the Formula One season continued to attract Spanish viewers this season.

Weekday lunchtime television slots mean Swedish television audiences miss Anja Paerson's medal winning performances