Poland

FA up in Europe despite weaker rights package and recession

Ufa squeezed out as DFB gives Infront more rights

Basketball: The MP & Silva agency brokered several deals for the Spanish league, the ACB, beginning this season

EBU members wary as ORF lowballing nearly backfires

American Football: Indian broadcaster Ten Sports, owned by pay-television operator Zee, acquired the rights to the Elite Football League of India in a multi-year deal

Kentaro hits the German jackpot, Sportfive stoical on draw

Fastrack: EBU and Infront battle for Austrian ski rights; Thai pay-TV battle boosts Uefa; Polish league has no free-to-air deal

Football: Korean media group SBS acquired the rights to the 2018 and 2022 Fifa World Cups in a deal worth between $180m (€124m) and $200m (see story this issue).

EBU’s Euro 2012 subsidiary in talks ... IAAF still needs to close big deals ... More increases for Uefa

Canal Plus and the Polsat Media Group win Ekstraklasa rights to leave TP-TVN alliance with nothing

Football: Uefa, European football’s governing body, agreed three-year deals, from 2012-13 to 2014-15, for the rights for the Uefa Champions League in the UK with commercial broadcaster ITV and pay-television b…

Football: Pan-regional broadcaster Al Jazeera Sport acquired the rights for Fifa competitions between 2015 and 2022, including the 2018 and 2022 World Cup The deal covers cable, satellite, terrestrial,…

Eurosport extends Bundesliga deal until end of 2014-15 season

Football: Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset acquired the rights to the Uefa Champions League and Europa League in a three year-deal, from 2012-13 to 2014-15, with Uefa

Pre-emptive offers from agencies "too good to turn down".

Basketball: Greek public-service broadcaster ERT acquired a package of rights for the Euroleague in a four-year deal with the Asset Management agency covering the 2010-11 to 2013-14 seasons

Big increases in the US and Japan the highlights of a successful round of sales for Traffic Sports.

Canal Plus's one-time partner TP joins forces with TVN Group the day before Polish football league tender is released.