Scandinavia

Football

The biggest-ever sports-rights deal in the history of Nordic television was agreed late this week
Cycling

EBU membership threatened and other Scandinavian public service broadcasters angered by cost-cutting measures
Football

IMG, recenlty on the acquisition trail itself, could be a future target for French media group
Cricket

Tennis: Asian broadcaster Ten Sports sublicensed coverage of the finals of this year’s French Open tournament to rival pay-operator Zee Sports.

Football

Football: Spanish free-to-air broadcaster Cuatro sublicensed the non-exclusive rights to at least seven matches from the upcoming World Cup from rival broadcaster La Sexta in a deal worth €20m (£14m).

Football

Football’s Champions League final was not the only major sporting event in May to attract good viewing for broadcasters around Europe.

Football

Swedish commercial broadcaster TV4 has acquired a 51-per-cent stake in cable and satellite channel SportExpressen.f

Handball

Clubs from the Danish women’s handball league are threatening to break away from the domestic and European leagues in a row involving television-rights income.

Football

Danish regulators act to prevent anti-competitive movements in the television sports market
Football

Pan-Scandinavian broadcaster Modern Times Group has thrown down the gauntlet in Norway

F1 gamble proves Finns will pay to watch TV sport
Biathlon

Rights-holders and commercial broadcasters united in opposition

German cable company consortium is takeover target for Liberty Global
Australian Rules Football

Australian Rules: Australian pay-television operator Foxtel acquired pay-television rights for the Australian Football League in a sub-licensing deal worth A$315
Football

Football: New Spanish commercial channel La Sexta, which launched last week, acquired the rights to this year’s World Cup.

Skiing

Weekday lunchtime television slots mean Swedish television audiences miss Anja Paerson's medal winning performances

American Football

American football:  US network NBC acquired the so-called “network package” of American football’s National Football League rights, the main package of 23 matches per season, paying $600m (£316m/€465m) a year ov…
Football

Football:  UK pay-operator British Sky Broadcasting is set to acquire the rights to the English Football League’s Championship, lower divisions and the League Cup in a four-year deal worth at least £3…