Spain
Europe

Commercial broadcasters in several European countries are planning an onslaught on many of the top sports rights.
Austria

The changes introduced to Formula 1 this season to make the races more exciting are having a mixed effect on last year’s falling television audiences.
Boxing
Asia

Satellite pay-television operator BSkyB renewed four important golf deals: (1) exclusive live rights for two Ryder Cups (in 2006 and 2008) with European Tour Productions; (2) live rights for 34 events…
Football
Europe

Spanish sports rights-owners may be apprehensive about the effect of the merger between the country’s two pay-television operators.
Europe

The green light for pay-television mergers in Italy and Spain redraws the map of European television.

Australian Rules Football
Asia

A rematch between boxers Oscar de la Hoya and Shane Mosley for the WBC and WBA super welterweight world titles is set to go ahead after US pay-television network HBO offered Mosley a greater share of pay-per-view…
Europe

The Malaysian Formula 1 grand prix was shown nationally on Spanish terrestrial television last weekend.
Basketball
Europe

The true extent of the financial crisis facing European basketball’s breakaway Euroleague became clear last week.
Equestrian
Europe

The international equestrian federation’s revamp of the sport’s national team competition appears to have been highly successful.
Basketball
Europe

European basketball’s breakaway Euroleague is facing a severe financial crisis that could threaten its future.

Football
Asia

Biathlon
Austria

With European football taking its mid-season break, the TV Sports Markets European survey for January shows top winter sports events dominating the tables.
American Football
Europe

Audiovisual Sport, the football rights-holding company for Spain’s two main pay-television companies, said it valued the rights of all 20 clubs in the Primera Liga at €200m a season, 25 per cent less tha…
Baseball
Australia

Spanish Primera Liga football club Atletico Madrid opted out of its collective-selling deal with other clubs to sign a €52m (£34m) deal with Audiovisual Sport, the rights-pooling company for pay-opera-ors So…
Football
Austria

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.

Equestrian
Asia

The UK round of showjumping’s Samsung Super League will have no coverage on the country's terrestrial television.

Football
Asia

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…
Cricket
Asia

Rugby Union:  The BBC extended its deal for rugby union’s Six Nations Championship for a further four years, from 2006 to 2009.  The deal includes radio, television and internet rights.  T