Netherlands
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
NOS retains stranglehold over speed skating
NOS signed a three-year television deal with the KNSB, the Dutch Skating Association, renewing a previous four-year contract.
New superleague is TV success, says Nations Cup
The international equestrian federation’s revamp of the sport’s national team competition appears to have been highly successful.
Top TV Sports programmes in Europe
With European football taking its mid-season break, the TV Sports Markets European survey for January shows top winter sports events dominating the tables.
Timing bad for league’s defence of rights deal
Several industry observers believe that the time is particularly good for the Premier League to defend its exclusive, centrally-sold television deals.
Live Superbowl wins steady Euro-ratings
American Football’s Superbowl was broadcast live by four terrestrial channels in Europe.
Dutch pessimistic about winning anti-trust appeal
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.
Dutch TV impasse over World Cup qualifiers’ price
Sportfive valuation at £604,000 per match is double the amount broadcasters claim they will earn in ad revenue
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Curling, football and more
Curling: Canadian public-service broadcaster CBC has reportedly agreed a six-year deal with the Canadian Curling Association.
TV Sports Markets analysis of Euro 2004
Football’s Euro 2004 championship was a big hit with television audiences across Europe.
Eredivisie deal signals UPC aims
Cable operator UPC has signed a one-year deal with the Eredivisie, the country’s top domestic football league.
Showjumping’s super league finds TV hard to win
The UK round of showjumping’s Samsung Super League will have no coverage on the country's terrestrial television.
Canal Plus angry over Sportfive bid
Also: UPC get Premier League rights in the Netherlands, Fox Sports win in the United States