South America
Mexico holds out against rising tide of Copa TV fees
TV Azteca and Televisa have unofficially agreed not to compete for football
Globosat’s pay-TV football monopoly suffers court blow
Brazilian broadcaster agrees to sublicense premium channels to pay television rivals
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Football, rugby union, motorsport and more
Football: South African public-service broadcaster SABC acquired a package of free-to-air rights for English football’s Premier League in a three-year deal from 2007-08 to 2009-10.Â
TV rights 1: Euro 2008, other football, tennis and more
Football: Greek public-service broadcaster ERT acquired the free-to-air rights for all 31 matches of Euro 2008 in a €9.5m (£6.5m) deal with the Sportfive agency. It is the first deal done for the championship.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Tennis, skiing, boxing, darts, athletics and more
Tennis: Pan-European cable and satellite broadcaster Eurosport extended its deal for coverage of the Australian Open for a further four years, from 2008 to 2011. Eurosport will also be the distribution agent for the media rights across Europe. The rights were previously held by the European Broadcasting Union, the umbrella group representing the region’s public-service broadcasters.
Ecclestone finally takes over production of main F1 signal
Formula One Management to take over host-broadcasting of Formula One series from this season.
Telefónica may seek to end rights stranglehold
Deadlock in Argentine football rights talks could be broken by entry of new player.