Russia

Ice Hockey
Europe

The Russian sports broadcasting industry will consolidate from next year, with RTR Sport becoming a general entertainment channel and 7TV dropping all its sports content.
Australian Rules Football
Asia

Basketball: PCTV-owned Mexican pay-broadcaster TVC Deportes extended it deal for the live rights to the ACB Spanish Basketball League in a three-year deal from 2009-10 to 2011-12
Football
Africa

Football: The Sportfive agency acquired the fixed-media rights to Fifa events in a four-year deal with international football’s governing body from 2009 to 2012, including the 2010 World Cup in South A…
Football
Belgium

Football: Portuguese mobile operator Optimus acquired exclusive mobile rights in Portugal to Uefa’s Euro 2008 championships, in a sublicensing deal worth close to €1.2m
Football
France

Fifa close to deal in Malaysia but Uefa bides its time
Boxing
Denmark

Football and winter sports dominate European sports viewing in the TV Sports Markets’ survey for March.

Boxing
Austria

As the winter sports’ season comes to a close, a number of events dominated TV Sports Markets analysis of European viewing for February
Biathlon
Austria

With European football taking its mid-season break, the TV Sports Markets European survey for January shows top winter sports events dominating the tables.
Badminton
Asia

The international badminton federation said this week that it has brought in higher television-rights fees and better worldwide exposure for its top events this year.

Football
Austria

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.

Football
Africa

The Octagon agency, favourites to win the English Premier League’s international rights in the Middle East, was thrown into gloom late last month when parent company Interpublic refused to guarantee i…
Football
Europe

The Premier League has sold its television rights for Russia to a new sports agency with connections to Ynon Kreiz, head of the European arm of Haim Saban’s media empire.

Basketball
Europe

7TV, one of Russia’s two big terrestrial sports channels and the only major channel still privately-owned, is undergoing a major restructuring to survive.

Football
Russia

Russian football’s Premier League is asking for $15 million
Basketball
Albania

Football: German public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF acquired the rights for up to 49 matches in football’s 2006 World Cup from Swiss agency Infront Sports & Media.

Athletics
Europe

Football dominates European sports viewing in the TV Sports Markets survey for March.
Cricket
Czech Republic

Cricket:  The Board of Control for Cricket in India, after extensive legal wrangles, finally signed a deal for the Indian rights to the three tours taking place this year, a four-Test series against Australia, a two-Test series against South Africa and a one-off one-day international against Pakistan, with state broadcaster Doordarshan.

Football
Russia

Russian television has finally started showing this season’s English Premier League