Portugal

Portuguese commercial broadcaster TVI has paid an increase of about 60 per cent to keep the free-to-air rights for Portuguese football’s top-tier league.

The involvement of pay-television companies has helped the Sportfive agency earn rights-fee increases of about 60 per cent for Euro 2008.

Sportfive, Kentaro, IMG get plenty of ties against the big five teams; Infront do not fare so well

Eight of the world’s Top 10 leagues for domestic audiovisual revenue are European and two Latin American, according to a new report comparing rights deals by TV Sports Markets.

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

Uefa is in talks with clubs, leagues and football associations about a possible overhaul of European club competitions.

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.

Football: Portuguese public-service broadcaster RTP acquired the rights to the national team’s Euro 2008 home qualifiers and friendlies in a two-year deal, 2006-07 to 2007-08, with the Olivedesportos agency

The Portuguese national team is the latest football property to benefit from the country’s commercial broad-casters’ new interest in sports rights.

Football: Spanish agency Mediapro made a seven-year offer worth €1.19bn (£815m), or €170m a season, for the television rights to Spanish Primera Liga club Real Madrid covering the seasons from 2008-09 to 2014-15.

English Premier League to receive £74 million over three years from sale of mobile and internet clip rights