Scandinavia
Broadcasters happy with HBS feed despite vuvuzelas
Europe's World Cup broadcasters are praising the production of World Cup footage, despite early reservations replays and slow-motions shots, and the blaring of vuvuzelas.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Asian Games, baseball, motorcycling, rugby union and tennis
Asian Games: Indian cable and satellite broadcaster Zee acquired the cable and satellite rights for the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou in a deal with the Dentsu agency
Super Six format to be expanded to other weights
Kentaro says good viewer figures and ppv revenues for inaugural series are encouraging expansion plans.
Man United: Why we took MUTV rights in-house
MUTV's commercial director says the Premier League club is still committed to collective selling.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Athletics, football, golf, motorcycling, snooker and tennis
Athletics: UK public-service broadcaster the BBC acquired the exclusive live television and internet rights for the Diamond League in a five-year deal brokered by the IMG agency
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: End to Singapore World Cup stalemate and other football deals
Football: Singapore telecoms companies Starhub and SingTel acquired the rights for the 2010 Fifa World Cup in non-exclusive deals worth about $17m (€13m), brokered by the Football Media Services agency.
Telenor, TV4 pan-regional partners
Telenor has taken a 35-per-cent stake in TV4's Canal Plus premium channels.
Canal Plus’s retail therapy may not soothe subscribers
Canal Plus lands deals for Euro 2012 tournament and qualifiers, Serie A and Eredivisie, among others, but Premier League loss leaves a big hole in offering.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Basketball, ICC events, ice hockey, rugby union, tennis deals
Basketball: Euroleague Basketball agreed deals in the UK, China and Iceland for the 2010 Final Four
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football: World Cup, Uefa’s Team deal and more
Football: Spanish commercial broadcaster Telecinco acquired the rights for eight matches from this year’s Fifa World Cup in a deal with Prisa-owned pay-broadcaster Sogecable.
Beaten Canal Plus ponders life after Premier League
Nordic Canal Plus is making defensive moves after losing its most important sports rights, for the English Premier League.
TV RIGHTS DEALS 1: Premier League, Serie A football, F1 and Rugby World Cup
Football: Maltese cable operator Melita acquired live pay-television rights for all 64 matches of the 2010 World Cup in a sub-licensing deal with public service broadcaster Public Broadcasting Services
Danish deal leaves Medge poised for Swedish showdown
SBS TV takes a big step back into the sports rights market with Premier League acquisition
Vancouver: another example of sport’s ratings power
A look at the audiences pulled by the 2010 Winter Olympics around the world.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football: World Cup, Premier League, Serie A and other deals
Football: French commercial broadcaster TF1 sublicensed rights for the 2010 World Cup to public-service broadcaster France Télévisions and pay-broadcaster Canal Plus in deals worth a combined €33m ($4…
TV2 looks for pay-TV transformation with Premier deal
Commercial operator TV2 has snatched the market's biggest pay-television subs-driver from Canal Plus.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: NFL, IAAF, Boxing, World Rally and Olympics deals
American Football: Canadian commercial broadcaster CTV extended its existing deal for NFL matches, including the playoffs and the Super Bowl game, for four more years from 2010 to 2013
Football still in a league of its own
Football dominated sports viewing in Europe’s top markets in 2009, with Uefa club competitions and World Cup qualifiers delivering the strongest audiences in the big five markets.