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TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: US sports, tennis, cricket, rugby and more
American Football: Canadian commercial broadcaster CTV and cable sports broadcaster Rogers Sportsnet acquired the Canadian rights to NFL football for the three years from 2008 to 2010, paying a combined…
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football, winter sports and Formula One
Football: French commercial broadcasters TF1 and M6 confirmed their joint acquisition of the rights for Euro 2008, in a €100m (ÂŁ68m) deal brokered by the Sportfive agency.Â
Sky’s slow start in Italian F1 duel
Multi-channel coverage finally begins, five races into the season
Mediaset refuses to pay €45 million in exclusivity row
Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset has threatened to reduce its payment for Serie A highlights
Channels gamble on raising ppv football prices
Italian commercial broadcasters Mediaset and La7 are taking a big gamble by increasing the prices of pay-per-view football
TV RIGHTS CLIPS: Champions League, World Cup and more
Football: German pay-broadcaster Premiere acquired exclusive rights for the Champions League in a three-year deal from 2006-07 to 2008-09
Rai hit again in anti-Saturday move
Rai, the Italian state broadcaster, suffered its third setback over the football league’s rights
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football, cricket, tennis, motorcycling and more
Football: Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset acquired Serie A highlights rights in a three-year deal
Lega Calcio set for 56% increase in TV rights fees
Adriano Galliani vindicated by 56-per-cent increase on the value of last season’s rights
Italy approves much-altered law on central sales
Parliament votes to drop legal imposition that rights must be sold platform-by-platform
Serie A clubs finally break away
A breakaway Italian super league, along the lines of England’s Premier League, will be in place next season
Look, no collusion, says Italy. But will competition last?
The high-value deals agreed by Italian state-broadcaster Rai for football’s World Cup and Champions League mark a major change in the sports-finance
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football
Football: Spanish Primera Liga champions FC Barcelona agreed a long-term deal with the Mediapro agency which guarantees the club at least €1bn (£685m) for its domestic and international television rights for the seven years from 2006-07 to 2012-13.
Rai finally takes Champions League rights off Mediaset
Italian state broadcaster Rai won the live, free-to-air rights for football’s Champions League, taking them from commercial rival Mediaset
Sports move gives Telecom Italia strategic presence
The plan of commercial broadcaster La 7 to launch a 24-hour sports channel on its digital-terrestrial platform will help the company make the most of its investment in sport
Fifa signing direct deals with top five plus Scandinavia
Fifa has agreed or is in the process of agreeing deals for the 2010 and 2014 World Cups in the top five European television countries
Italy leads in winning new pay-homes
Pay-television operators in four of the five top European television markets reported growing numbers of subscribers
Infront to buy Media Partners and gain much-needed rights
Football World Cup agency Infront is close to acquiring the Milan-based agency Media Partners in a €130 million cash deal.