Germany
Top clubs will get more power and cash in Europe
Clubs want a joint venture between themselves and Uefa to run the commercial side of club competitions
SportA survives, but ISPR is still on danger list
Suitors put off by fact agency may not see a return on many of its deals for a long time
Infront must cut Bundesliga price, renew World Cup
Agency likely to renew deal for loss-making Bundesliga content
Ad recovery will boost sports buys by RTL and Sat.1
"Advertising recession has been reached and maybe passed"
Saban set to take Sat.1 to war with leader RTL
Live sports rights are a priority
Premiere will struggle to reach 4 million target
Chief Executive Kofler's restructuring programme has turned company around
Germany could be engine room of Europe’s TV rights market
Kirch’s dominance in market and its aggressive acquisition strategy “stymied and stifled competition”
How Kirch’s main sports assets found new owners
Kirch’s main sports assets find new owners, but not ISPR
Saban’s Sat.1 will go for sport and revitalise dead market
Competition in German market has been curtailed by depressed television market and colluding broadcasters
ARD set for league deal after Sat.1 takes Euro cup
German commercial channel Sat.1’s winning bid for the live rights to football’s Champions League over the next three seasons opens the way for ARD.
German, Spanish TV deals confirm the worst for Uefa
Newly signed deals in Spain and Germany confirm that the Uefa Champions League is heading for a major drop in television rights fees in four of Europe’s five major markets.
TV Sports Markets analysis of Champions League viewing in Europe
Champions League television viewing rose by eight per cent across Europe’s top six football television markets this season.
Uefa takes 38% fall in Italy, it will be worse in Germany
Uefa is set to take a 38-per-cent drop in the value of its Champions League rights in Italy.
Bundesliga may not be good model for UK, as EC claims
Commission formally approves Uefa changes to Champions League rights sales, praises DFL tender
Why only UK raised its TV fees for Euro Cup
Limited competition and lack of a powerful, willing pay-TV operator leads to hefty falls in rights fees in big Euro markets
Berlusconi is double champion
Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi won twice over in this year’s Champions League.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1:Olympics, football, squash and more
AOL Time Warner pulled out of the bidding for the rights for the 2010 and 2012 Olympic Games because, it said, it could not meet the International Olympic Committee’s tender requirements.
Top TV Sports programmes in Europe
Qualifying matches for football’s European Championship next year dominated the April charts in TV Sports Markets monthly survey.