Greece
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: NFL gets $11.5bn; Formula 1, football
American Football: The National Football League signed new deals with three of its five major US television partners – the CBS and Fox networks and digital satellite platform DirecTV
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football, rugby union, basketball and more
Football: German public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF acquired the rights for up to 49 matches in football’s 2006 World Cup from Swiss agency Infront Sports & Media.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Cricket, football, rugby union and snooker
Cricket: The Board of Control for Cricket in India, after extensive legal wrangles, finally signed a deal for the Indian rights to the three tours taking place this year, a four-Test series against Australia, a two-Test series against South Africa and a one-off one-day international against Pakistan, with state broadcaster Doordarshan.
So even Rai liked the Olympics. Not bad for an ‘excessive luxury’
Euro champs in demand – for now
The art of buying and selling qualifier rights
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Olympics, domestic league football, motorcycling
Olympics: Indonesia’s six main free-to-air broadcasters will not cover the Athens Olympics despite the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union reducing its initial $1.35m (£730,000/€1.1m) asking price, working out at $225,000 for each broadcaster, to $400,000.
Top league clubs take 15% cut in TV rights fees
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Cricket, curling and more
Cricket: Asian broadcaster Ten Sports is set to acquire the worldwide rights to international cricket in Sri Lanka in a four-year deal, from 2005 to 2008.
F1’s TV season is saved by last five races for title
Top basketball leagues struggle for TV coverage
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Euro 2008, 2010 World Cup qualifiers and more
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Euro 2008, other football, tennis and more
Football: Greek public-service broadcaster ERT acquired the free-to-air rights for all 31 matches of Euro 2008 in a €9.5m (£6.5m) deal with the Sportfive agency. It is the first deal done for the championship. Italian public-service broadcaster Rai is also set to sign a deal for Euro 2008, paying €120m.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Olympic deal in Italy, football and golf
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: ICC, World Cup and Euro football and more
Cricket: Pan-Asian broadcaster ESPN Star Sports acquired the worldwide rights for International Cricket Council events from September 2007 through to 2015.
Roulette wheel spins good draw for agencies
Sportfive, Kentaro, IMG get plenty of ties against the big five teams; Infront do not fare so well
Bidding hots up for Greek pay-TV
Greece follows collective trend
Greek football’s Super League may collectively sell television rights from next season