Netherlands
Collapse of UPC-Canal Plus deal is bad for both sides
UPC will have to delay plans to launch sports channel in Netherlands
F1’s TV season is saved by last five races for title
Formula One television viewing rose in four out of the five top European television markets this year, according to a survey by TV Sports Markets. Germany was the exception.
Aggressive RTL switches channel
However CEO Van Westerloo will be reluctant to tinker too much with successful RTL4
Why regulator may like new plan
New package would require collective selling, but would lead to at least two broadcaster showing matches
Eredivisie may offer live rights to terrestrial TV
Clubs would risk undermining value of pay-television live rights package
England out of step over TV qualifying games
How national football team matches are protected in different European territories
F1 blow for Dutch RTL
van Westerloo: RTL5 must acquire premium sports rights or consider moving in a different direction
SPORTEL TALK: F1 competition
Dutch commercial broadcasters RTL5 and SBS6 are competing for Formula 1 rights, with RTL5’s existing three-year, $1.5 million a season deal expiring at the end of this year.
SPORTEL TALK: Zidane, Beckham and Co lift foreign sales for La Liga
The value of the Spanish league’s international rights for the three years starting this season has increased on the last, thanks to the big-player signings made by Real Madrid (Zidane, Figo and Beckham) a…
UPC to start sports channel
Cable operator pays €25m for Canal Plus Nederlands pay channels, Canal Satelliet Digitaal
Dutch clubs forced to sell their own TV rights
The Eredivisie has lost its appeal against a ruling by the national anti-trust authority banning the collective sale of rights by the league.
Eredivisie loses joint-selling appeal
The Dutch competition authority, the Nederlandse Mededingingsautoriet, rejected an appeal by the Eredivisie, the country’s top football league, in confirming an earlier ruling which said the joint selling o…
Regulator has to accept Canal Plus signing all clubs
And how the bidding was supposed to go...
Berlusconi is double champion
Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi won twice over in this year’s Champions League.
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.
Top TV Sports programmes in Europe
Football and winter sports dominate European sports viewing in the TV Sports Markets’ survey for March.
Viewers aren’t wild about F1
The changes introduced to Formula 1 this season to make the races more exciting are having a mixed effect on last year’s falling television audiences.
Top TV Sports programmes in Europe
As the winter sports’ season comes to a close, a number of events dominated TV Sports Markets analysis of European viewing for February