Norway
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: World Cup, Champions League, Norwegian deal
Football: German commercial broadcaster RTL sublicensed a package of nine 2010 Fifa World Cup matches from pay-television operator Premiere, with an option to purchase a further nine matches.
Surprise bidder sparks struggling Norwegian sale
Norwegian football has avoided a major cut in rights fees.
Ice-hockey wins TV6 best-ever ratings
England out of step over TV qualifying games
Scandinavia plan for super league
Top TV Sports programmes in Europe
Football and winter sports dominate European sports viewing in the TV Sports Markets’ survey for March.
Top TV Sports programmes in Europe
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football, wrestling and motorcycling
French commercial broadcaster TF1 acquired the free-to-air rights to football’s Champions League in a deal reported to be worth about €33m (£22.6m) a year. It will have the first choice of live matches each Champions League week.
Top TV Sports programmes in Europe
Europe 2002
The Salt Lake City Winter Olympics and football’s World Cup in Japan and Korea were the two major events that dominated European sports viewing in 2002.
Selling Golden League TV rights ‘will be tough’
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Football, handball and triathlon
Handball decides between in-house sales and agency
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football, Olympics and more
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Tour de France, boxing, Formula 1 and more
Cycling: Italian public-service broadcaster Rai agreed a four-year deal with the European Broadcasting Union, from 2005 to 2008, for coverage of the Tour de France.