Scandinavia
NRK deal with pay-TV points to dangers of sports battle
Swedish channels demand to know Hauge rights fee
MTG doubles F1 fees despite lack of competition
Danish channels make peace with big handball swap
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football, cricket, tennis, motorcycling and more
Football: Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset acquired Serie A highlights rights in a three-year deal
Denmark’s TV2 likely to launch sports channel
New channel will be threat to Viasat and Canal Plus
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Ice Hockey, golf, cricket, basketball, sailing
Ice hockey: Nordic pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus acquired the live pay-television and pay-per-view rights for the Swedish Elitserien, the country’s top-tier league, from the Svenska Hockeyligan in a four-year deal, 2006-07 to 2009-10
Canal Plus lifts fee for ice hockey, now for football
TV RIGHTS CLIPS: FOOTBALL DEALS
Football: Spanish pay-television broadcaster Sogecable acquired the pay-rights for the Champions League in a three-year deal from the 2006-07 to 2008-09 with the Team agency
Regional league is a knock-out for SBS channels
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Figure-skating, basketball, baseball and more
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Athletics, basketball, motorsport and more
Basketball: Spanish commercial broadcaster La Sexta acquired the rights to this year’s basketball World Championships in a deal with Fiba, the international basketball federation.
Women attract year’s top football TV audiences
Fifa signing direct deals with top five plus Scandinavia
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football
Football: Norwegian commercial channel TV2 an telecoms company Telenor acquired the rights to all Norwegian football in a record NKr1bn (£85m/€127m) deal (page 1)