Portugal
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: World, European and domestic football
Football: Italian public-service broadcaster Rai agreed a deal with the Sportfive agency for the rights to football’s Euro 2008 tournament.
Struggling SIC could fight back with football
A change of personnel at Portuguese commercial broadcaster SIC could lead to the channel bidding aggressively for sport again
Sports agency in the hunt for new digital channel
Portuguese sports-rights agency Olivedesportos will be a leading contender for the new national television licence
How World Cup smashed viewing records in Europe
Television viewing for the 2006 World Cup in Germany smashed viewing records in several countries in Europe and elsewhere.
Doing well should lift TV fees
World Cup winners Italy could get a 20-per-cent increase in television-rights fees.
EC ignores sports lobby on collective selling of rights
Leagues which sell rights collectively still liable to legal challenge by clubs which want to sell rights individually
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: NBA, Euro 2008, French, Spanish, Italian football
Basketball: US Disney-owned broadcasters ABC and ESPN and Time Warner’s Turner Sports extended their deals with the National Basketball Association for a further eight years from 2008-09 to 2015-16.
World Cup rights once again go to pay-TV channel
Portuguese pay-television channel Sport TV acquired the rights for football’s 2006 World Cup
Why Star couldn’t afford to lose Champions rights
The Champions League incumbent broadcasters in Turkey and Portugal have to pay more than last time to hang on to their rights.