Netherlands
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football, Olympics and more
Football: English football’s Premier League began the sales for its next round of international television rights, covering the three-year period from 2004-05 to 2006-07).
Never mind Italy, leagues like plan for own channels
But failure of Gioco Calcio, with latest Serie A defections to Sky Italia, calls into question how serious an alternative league channels are
Premier League eyes record fees as it cuts out agencies
Rights sales process up and running with auctions in different territories
De Mol to bid for Euro 2008
John de Mol’s Talpa Capital is one of four individual broadcasters which will submit bids to Uefa next week for the rights to football’s 2008 European Championship
De Mol sets Dutch dilemma
Dutch football’s top domestic league, the Eredivisie, will decide next week whether to take a big gamble by awarding its free-television and pay rights to two new companies
EBU rules for selling on rights are not working
Commercial broadcasters have questioned the effectiveness of the rights sublicensing scheme drawn up to placate the European Commission by the EBU.
Forget TV fees, for now, hockey wants coverage
The revival of the India-Pakistan hockey test series after an interval of five years has attracted high television interest.
Dutch league expects strong mobile-rights bids
The Eredivisie expects strong competition for its mobile-telephone rights, from Dutch and international operators.
League gambles in changing free-pay balance
The Eredivisie, the Netherlands’ top domestic football league, is set to launch a new television-rights tender
De Mol shakes up TV football
John de Mol, pioneer of the Big Brother and Fear Factor reality-television formats, is about to shake up the sports-rights market in the Netherlands
So even Rai liked the Olympics. Not bad for an ‘excessive luxury’
The Athens Olympics attracted impressive ratings for Europe’s public-service broadcasters
The art of buying and selling qualifier rights
Sports agencies have had a busy fortnight negotiating deals for the opening round of 2006 World Cup
F1’s TV season is saved by last five races for title
Viewing rises in four out of the top five European television markets
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football
Football: UK commercial broadcaster ITV acquired the rights for the first-choice Champions League match on Wednesdays in a three-year deal with the Team Marketing agency
Aggressive RTL switches channel
Flagship RTL4 to show sport for first time in years
Why regulator may like new plan
Proposed packaging of rights would almost certainly require Dutch anti-trust authority to overturn rule banning collective selling
Eredivisie may offer live rights to terrestrial TV
Proposed packaging of rights will undermine pay-television live rights and highlights
Eredivisie yet to find backing for bold channel plan
Dutch football’s top-tier league, the Eredivisie, is yet to get funding for its planned television channel