Spain

Football

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

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

Football

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

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
Cycling

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

Spanish commercial broadcaster Telecinco’s investment in Formula 1 rights is paying handsome dividends.
Football

Commercial broadcasters have questioned the effectiveness of the rights sublicensing scheme drawn up to placate the European Commission by the EBU.

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.

Pay-television operators in the UK, Germany and Italy reported growing numbers of subscribers
Football

English football’s Premier League will be at the heart of the battle for subscribers to third-generation mobile telephony
Basketball

Spanish pay-television operator Sogecable is unlikely to continue its financial backing of European basketball’s Euroleague
Boxing

April’s two Formula 1 races were the most featured events of the month in the TV Sports Markets monthly survey of European viewing.
Hockey

The revival of the India-Pakistan hockey test series after an interval of five years has attracted high television interest.

Athletics

Football dominates European sports viewing in the TV Sports Markets survey for March.
Basketball

Spanish pay-television company Sogecable has yet to decide whether to take up a three-year option to extend its financial backing for European basketball’s Euroleague.

Basketball

Basketball:  Spain’s top domestic league, the ACB Liga, failed to agree television deals in time for the start of its season for the second successive year.

The Athens Olympics attracted impressive ratings for Europe’s public-service broadcasters
Football

Sports agencies have had a busy fortnight negotiating deals for the opening round of 2006 World Cup