Greece

European broadcasting group RTL blamed Greece’s economic difficulties for its decision to sell its controlling stake in Greek commercial broadcaster Alpha back to businessman Dimitris Contominas.

Basketball: The MP & Silva agency brokered several deals for the Spanish league, the ACB, beginning this season

Loss for Greek basketball clubs is smaller than expected

Football: Uefa, European football’s governing body, completed its Champions League rights process in Brazil by renewing deals with pay-television operator ESPN and free-to-air sports broadcaster Esporte I…

Uefa is facing a fee cut as it sells the Champions League and Europa League in the depressed Greek market

Doubts over ECJ ruling delay Ligue 1 Euro deal ... Fox explores syndication ... Prisa close to key golf renewals ... Greek basketball’s high hopes ... French football goes to Brazil

Football: The Comcast-NBCU network acquired rights to US football’s Major League Soccer in a three-season deal, from 2012 until the end of 2014, worth $10 (€7m) to $12m per season, with Soccer United Mar…

Kentaro hits the German jackpot, Sportfive stoical on draw

League rights spotlight on Germany's Bundesliga

Football: Middle Eastern pay-television broadcaster Al Jazeera agreed a four-year deal, from 2012-13 to 2015-16, worth over $30m (€21m), for English Football Association rights in a deal brokered by t…

Russian Premier League to split rights for first time from 2011-12 season which attracts four agency bids

Asian Games: The IEC in Sports agency was appointed to handle worldwide media distribution of the 7th Asian Winter Games by the Games’s organising committee.

Eurosport wary of WTA future ahead of talks ... Serie A looks for Greek partner ... "Historic day" for NASL ... Real Madrid TV expansion

Basketball: Greek public-service broadcaster ERT acquired a package of rights for the Euroleague in a four-year deal with the Asset Management agency covering the 2010-11 to 2013-14 seasons

Big increases in the US and Japan the highlights of a successful round of sales for Traffic Sports.

Skai can't afford to keep rights as Greek ad market continues to tumble.

Football: Greek pay-television broadcaster Nova agreed a new four-year deal with the top-tier domestic league, the Superleague, running from 2010-11 to 2013-14 and worth €176m ($238m).

Fees dropped in Germany, the UK, the Netherlands, Romania, Greece and Belgium, have all dropped in comparison to what was paid for away qualifiers for the 2010 World Cup.