Scandinavia

Boxing

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

French commercial broadcaster TF1 acquired the free-to-air rights to football’s Champions League in a deal reported to be worth about €33m (£22.6m) a year.  It will have the first choice of live matches each Champions League week.

Modern Times Group’s surprise acquisition of the Danish TV rights for this year’s Formula 1 motor racing championship followed a whirlwind 48-hour tender process.

Biathlon

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

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.

Tennis

Fifty broadcasters around the world will show the tennis’s Masters series this year.
Football

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.

American Football

American Football’s Superbowl was broadcast live by four terrestrial channels in Europe.
Athletics

Athletics Managements and Services have said that selling the television rights for the Golden League will be tough.
Football

Microsoft bid as new era beckons Norwegian football
Football

Football:  German pay-television broadcaster Premiere acquired the rights for German football’s Bundesliga for the next two seasons paying €355m (£235 million) – €175m for 2004-05 and €180m for 2005-06…
Football

Football’s Euro 2004 championship was a big hit with television audiences across Europe.

Cricket

Olympics: The European Broad-casting Union, the umbrella group representing the region’s public-service broadcasters, acquired the rights to the Winter Olympics in 2010 and the Summer Games in 2012.

Football

Football: The English Football Association agreed a deal with sports agency Sportfive for second-party rights for England’ home friendly internationals, giving Sportfive the rights for selling to broadcasters i…
Handball

Collapse of Norwegian agency leaves EHF wary and determined to demand financial guarantees in future
Athletics

Danmarks Radio accused of not fulfilling its role as a public-service broadcaster
American Football

Football: English football’s Premier League began the sales for its next round of international television rights, covering the three-year period from 2004-05 to 2006-07). 
Football

Rights sales process up and running with auctions in different territories