Nordics

Football
Europe

The switch-over in Finland from analogue to digital-terrestrial television transmission could shake up the country’s “quiet and closed” sports-rights market.

Football
Australia

Television viewing for the 2006 World Cup in Germany smashed viewing records in several countries in Europe and elsewhere.

Football
China

Football: Japanese pay-operator Wowow and commercial broadcaster TBS acquired the rights for all 31 matches of Euro 2008 in a deal brokered by the Sportfive agency on behalf of Uefa
Skiing
Finland

Finnish viewing figures for ski-jumping’s blue-riband Four Hills tournament soared
Football
Scandinavia

The expansion this season of Sweden’s top-flight football league, the Allsvenskan, from 14 to 16 clubs, has caused friction between the existing television-rights holders and the Kentaro agency
Football
Denmark

Danish football clubs will thank the country’s competition authority after its intervention led directly to the signing of new television rights deals

Athletics
Europe

Olympics, international football, ice hockey, skiing and athletics protected

Ice Hockey
Europe

MTV3 offers double current domestic ice-hockey rights fee
Athletics
Denmark

Motorsport: US motor racing series Nascar finalised a series of eight-year deals worth an overall $4.5bn (£2.6bn/€3.8bn), a 40-per-cent increase on its present deals.

Football
Denmark

The Danish, Norwegian and Swedish national football associations are considering selling their international television rights jointly from next year
Football
Scandinavia

Talks over the sale of Swedish football’s television rights have stalled
Football
Australia

Formula One: Formula One Management signed new deals in four of the sport’s major markets, renewing deals in Italy with public-service broadcaster Rai, in Brazil with TV Globo, in Australia with Channel Ten and in Russia signing a deal with a new partner, the RTL-owned Ren TV
Europe

Television audiences of the drivers and manufacturers’ home markets reflect rise and fall
Football
Africa

Football: African pay-television broadcaster Supersport acquired the rights for the South African Premier Soccer League, the country’s top-tier football league, in a five-year deal, 2007-08 to 2011-12, w…
Football
Denmark

Price forced up by competition from TV4, who buy the rights in Sweden for two seasons
American Football
Asia

American Football: Canadian commercial broadcaster CTV and cable sports broadcaster Rogers Sportsnet acquired the Canadian rights to NFL football for the three years from 2008 to 2010, paying a combined…
Cricket
France

Formula One: French commercial broadcaster TF1 renewed its deal for Formula One, paying a significant increase.
Norway

An alliance between Norwegian public-service broadcaster NRK and one of Scandinavia’s largest pay-television operators, Modern Times Group, creates a third major rights-buying superpower