Netherlands

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Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi won twice over in this year’s Champions League.

Qualifying matches for football’s European Championship next year dominated the April charts in TV Sports Markets monthly survey.

Football and winter sports dominate European sports viewing in the TV Sports Markets’ survey for March.

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.

As the winter sports’ season comes to a close, a number of events dominated TV Sports Markets analysis of European viewing for February

NOS signed a three-year television deal with the KNSB, the Dutch Skating Association, renewing a previous four-year contract.

The international equestrian federation’s revamp of the sport’s national team competition appears to have been highly successful.

With European football taking its mid-season break, the TV Sports Markets European survey for January shows top winter sports events dominating the tables.

Several industry observers believe that the time is particularly good for the Premier League to defend its exclusive, centrally-sold television deals.

American Football’s Superbowl was broadcast live by four terrestrial channels in Europe.

The Eredivisie admits that it has little chance of winning an outright victory in its appeal against an anti-trust ruling on its collective selling of television rights.

Sportfive valuation at £604,000 per match is double the amount broadcasters claim they will earn in ad revenue

Curling: Canadian public-service broadcaster CBC has reportedly agreed a six-year deal with the Canadian Curling Association.

Football’s Euro 2004 championship was a big hit with television audiences across Europe.

Cable operator UPC has signed a one-year deal with the Eredivisie, the country’s top domestic football league.

The UK round of showjumping’s Samsung Super League will have no coverage on the country's terrestrial television.

Also: UPC get Premier League rights in the Netherlands, Fox Sports win in the United States