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Football

Football: UK commercial broadcaster ITV said that it was interested in acquiring a package of eight live Premier League matches a season from satellite broadcaster British Sky Broadcasting as long as the…
Cycling

Negotiations upcoming with Union Cycliste Internationale and individual event organisers about World Championship and World Cup events
Cricket

Cricket: Pan-Asian satellite channel Ten Sports agreed a sub-licensing deal with Indian state broadcaster Doordarshan for highlights of the forthcoming Indian tour of Pakistan
Football

Public service broadcaster DR pushed out of the bidding by fierce competition between Modern Times Group and TV2

The possibility that media company Modern Times Group could take a majority stake in Danish public-service broadcaster TV2 is causing considerable concern in the Danish television-sports industry

American Football

Cycling: Italian public-service broadcaster Rai agreed a four-year deal with the European Broadcasting Union, from 2005 to 2008, for coverage of the Tour de France. 

Pan-Scandinavian pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus Nordic is planning to bid for the exclusive television rights across the region for Formula 1
Football

A landmark investigation by the Swedish tax authority into whether television-rights income should be subject to tax could have major financial implications
Basketball

Handball: Danish public-service broadcaster Danmarks Radio acquired the rights to both men’s and women’s Champions League competitions from the European Handball Federation in a five-year deal, from 2006-07 to 2010-11.

American Football

American Football:  The National Football League signed new deals with three of its five major US television partners – the CBS and Fox networks and digital satellite platform DirecTV

Pan-European broadcaster Eurosport is to launch a new channel
Football

Public pressure forced reluctant Swedish pay-channel Viasat Sport 1 to buy the rights in a last-minute deal for the national football team’s away friendly match
Handball

The Champions League deal signed by Danmarks Radio is the longest agreed for the competition
Handball

New five-year deal signed by Danish public-service broadcaster Danmarks Radio for handball’s Champions League
Basketball

Football/Basketball: JCS Sports, owner of Israel’s two Sport 5 cable and satellite channels, acquired the rights for top Israeli football and basketball matches in a three-year sublicensing deal with pay-per-view company Charlton

Basketball

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.

Football

Norges Fotballforbund, the national football association, agreed a four-year deal for the live and highlights rights for all major football competitions in Norwegian football
Football

Ownership row continues after the publication of an independent report by the country’s national competition authority.