Greece
Champions League the latest victim of economic crisis
Uefa is facing a fee cut as it sells the Champions League and Europa League in the depressed Greek market
News in brief, Issue 15:18
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
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: MLS, Greek Superleague, Bulgarian League and more
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 jackpot, Sportfive is philosophical
Kentaro hits the German jackpot, Sportfive stoical on draw
Bundesliga targets parity with Spanish and Italian leagues
League rights spotlight on Germany's Bundesliga
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football: English FA, Champions League, Bundesliga and more
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 league looks for major overseas growth
Russian Premier League to split rights for first time from 2011-12 season which attracts four agency bids
TV RIGHTS CLIPS1: Asian Games, athletics, boxing, cricket and Fifa football
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.
News in brief, issue 14:22
Eurosport wary of WTA future ahead of talks ... Serie A looks for Greek partner ... "Historic day" for NASL ... Real Madrid TV expansion
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Euroleague basketball, Ligue 1 football and club channels
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
Traffic hails ‘massive’ increase in worldwide rights fees for Copa
Big increases in the US and Japan the highlights of a successful round of sales for Traffic Sports.
ERT steps in to save Greek Euroleague deal
Skai can't afford to keep rights as Greek ad market continues to tumble.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Greek league extends Nova contract, other football deals
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).
Qualifier prices squeezed despite strong audiences
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.
News in brief, issue 14:16
Nova dilemma for league ... 3 missing from mobile Serie A ... Leeds happy with ppv pilot ... Rai's Euro goal fiasco
Broadcasters want to cut and run as debt crisis bites
Greece's broadcasters are pushing to renegotiate sports rights contracts as the country's economy battles with massive debts.
TV RIGHTS DEALS 1: Football: Premier League, 3D World Cup and Serie A
Football: ESPN acquired mobile clip rights for the English Premier League in the UK in a three-year deal with the league worth about £15m, from 2010-11 to 2012-13.
Asset steps into F1 breach to end DNK struggles
An ad agency has taken on the Greek F1 rights.