Netherlands
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
League hopes new tender will glean more from pay-TV
Netherlands currently the only major European country where free-to-air highlights cost more than live rights
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: World Cup, national teams and Euro leagues
Football: Pay-operator Setanta Sports agreed a four-year extension deal with the Scottish Premier League.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: cricket, motorsport, tennis and basketball
Cricket: UK pay-broadcaster Setanta acquired the exclusive rights for the India Premier League, the domestic Twenty20 competition set up by the Board of Control for Cricket in India, in a five-year deal…
Analysts shrug off low signings by ADSL services
Year-end subscriber figures for football-driven pay-television over telephone networks in Europe will neither excite the enthusiasts nor worry traditional television.
TV RIGHTS CLIP 1: Football, Olympics, motor racing and others
Football: Italian broadcaster Mediaset acquired the broadcast rights across any medium to top Serie A club Inter Milan in a two-year deal worth €200m (£137m), covering the 2007-08 and 2008-09 seasons.
Roulette wheel spins good draw for agencies
Sportfive, Kentaro, IMG get plenty of ties against the big five teams; Infront do not fare so well
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Premier League, other football, rugby, tennis
Football: The English Premier League signed a number of deals in several territories for its television rights for the the three seasons from 2007-08 to 2009-10