Nordics

Pan-Scandinavian pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus Nordic is planning to bid for the exclusive television rights across the region for Formula 1
Football

A landmark investigation by the Swedish tax authority into whether television-rights income should be subject to tax could have major financial implications
Basketball

Handball: Danish public-service broadcaster Danmarks Radio acquired the rights to both men’s and women’s Champions League competitions from the European Handball Federation in a five-year deal, from 2006-07 to 2010-11.

American Football

American Football:  The National Football League signed new deals with three of its five major US television partners – the CBS and Fox networks and digital satellite platform DirecTV

Pan-European broadcaster Eurosport is to launch a new channel
Football

Public pressure forced reluctant Swedish pay-channel Viasat Sport 1 to buy the rights in a last-minute deal for the national football team’s away friendly match
Handball

The Champions League deal signed by Danmarks Radio is the longest agreed for the competition
Handball

New five-year deal signed by Danish public-service broadcaster Danmarks Radio for handball’s Champions League
Basketball

Football/Basketball: JCS Sports, owner of Israel’s two Sport 5 cable and satellite channels, acquired the rights for top Israeli football and basketball matches in a three-year sublicensing deal with pay-per-view company Charlton

Basketball

Football: German public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF acquired the rights for up to 49 matches in football’s 2006 World Cup from Swiss agency Infront Sports & Media.

Football

Norges Fotballforbund, the national football association, agreed a four-year deal for the live and highlights rights for all major football competitions in Norwegian football
Football

Ownership row continues after the publication of an independent report by the country’s national competition authority.
Athletics

Football dominates European sports viewing in the TV Sports Markets survey for March.

Viewing rises in four out of the top five European television markets
Football

Swedish TV4 gets best-ever viewing figure for Women's football World Cup final
Football

Norwegian football’s new commercial rights tender goes a step further than most in splitting up its rights for the market
Football

Infront, and other suitors, did not like the rights guarantees ISPR had committed to
Biathlon

The TV Sports Markets monthly survey of European sports viewing in December shows Champions League second-phase matches topping the tables in six of 19 countries surveyed.