Nordics

Cycling
Denmark

EBU membership threatened and other Scandinavian public service broadcasters angered by cost-cutting measures
Football
Asia

IMG, recenlty on the acquisition trail itself, could be a future target for French media group
Football
Brazil

Football: UK commercial operator ITV and pay-broadcaster Setanta acquired the rights for the FA Cup knock-out competition and England national team matches in a four-year, £425m (€623m) deal with the En…
Cricket
Asia

Tennis: Asian broadcaster Ten Sports sublicensed coverage of the finals of this year’s French Open tournament to rival pay-operator Zee Sports.

Football
Belgium

Football: Spanish free-to-air broadcaster Cuatro sublicensed the non-exclusive rights to at least seven matches from the upcoming World Cup from rival broadcaster La Sexta in a deal worth €20m (£14m).

Football
Czech Republic

Football’s Champions League final was not the only major sporting event in May to attract good viewing for broadcasters around Europe.

Football
Europe

Swedish commercial broadcaster TV4 has acquired a 51-per-cent stake in cable and satellite channel SportExpressen.f

Handball
Denmark

Clubs from the Danish women’s handball league are threatening to break away from the domestic and European leagues in a row involving television-rights income.

Football
Denmark

Danish regulators act to prevent anti-competitive movements in the television sports market
Football
Norway

Pan-Scandinavian broadcaster Modern Times Group has thrown down the gauntlet in Norway
Europe

F1 gamble proves Finns will pay to watch TV sport
Biathlon
Europe

Rights-holders and commercial broadcasters united in opposition
Austria

German cable company consortium is takeover target for Liberty Global
Australian Rules Football
Australia

Australian Rules: Australian pay-television operator Foxtel acquired pay-television rights for the Australian Football League in a sub-licensing deal worth A$315
Football
Europe

Football: New Spanish commercial channel La Sexta, which launched last week, acquired the rights to this year’s World Cup.

Football
Albania

Football: Free-to-air broadcasters HRT (Croatia), RUV (Iceland) and TV3 (Slovenia), acquired exclusive live rights to all 31 matches of Euro 2008 in deals with the Sportfive agency, which is marketing…
Skiing
Austria

Weekday lunchtime television slots mean Swedish television audiences miss Anja Paerson's medal winning performances

American Football
France

American football:  US network NBC acquired the so-called “network package” of American football’s National Football League rights, the main package of 23 matches per season, paying $600m (£316m/€465m) a year ov…