Nordics

Football

The new domestic free-to-air deal for the Spanish Primera Liga has been a success for commercial broadcaster La Sexta.

Basketball

Bobsleigh/Skeleton: German public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF acquired the rights for the men’s and women’s bobsleigh and skeleton World Cups and World Championships for the three years from 2006-07 to …
Football

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
Football

A joint-bid from Canal Plus and Telenor comfortably won the Premier League rights in the Nordic region after much less competition than was expected.

Football

English football’s Premier League began its international audiovisual rights sales in dramatic style with massive first-round awards in three of its most competitive markets.

Football

The Nordic free-to-air television landscape is set for another shift in ownership power with the exit of Norwegian media group Schibsted.

Football

Scandinavia’s three main commercial broadcasters have broken away from a wider free-to-air consortium to bid as a separate group for football’s Euro 2008 rights

The battle between F1 legend Michael Schumacher and Fernando Alonso boosted television audiences in three of Europe’s top five markets this season.

Basketball

Football: Polish pay-television operator Canal Plus acquired the main package of Serie A rights for the three years from 2007-08 to 2009-10 in a deal with the Media Partners and Silva agency.

Football

Olympics: TVNZ, New Zealand’s public-service broadcaster, exercised an option to acquire the new-media rights for the 2008 Beijing Olympics in a deal with the International Olympic Committee. 
Football

Football: Indonesian media group Media Nusantara Citra, owner of free-to-air broadcasters RCTI, TPI and Global TV, acquired the rights for Euro 2008, paying between $11m (£5.4m/€7.5m

Formula One fans in Finland will have to pay to watch live television coverage of the series from next season.

Athletics

Subsidiary DDtv acquires cash-strapped Danmarks Radio's content portfolio as part of Danish DTT strategy
Football

Top-tier league rights divided into three packages - bidders can acquire a maximum of two
Football

International rights split between several agencies - revenue increases 275 per cent

Football

Football: Danish commercial broadcaster TV2 acquired the rights for the Danish national team home matches, paying DKr41.5m (£3.9m/ €5.6m
Football

The opening two matchweeks of football’s Champions League have got good audiences for the competition’s new rights holders.

American Football

American Football:  UK pay-operator British Sky Broadcasting acquired the UK and Ireland rights for the National Football League in a four-year deal from 2007-08 to 2010-11.