Spain
Europe

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

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

Basketball
Denmark

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.
Europe

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

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

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

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
Argentina

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

Athletics
Europe

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

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
Germany

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.
Australia

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

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

The America’s Cup, sailing’s premier event, is on course for a huge increase in television coverage
Austria

Viewing rises in four out of the top five European television markets
Basketball
Europe

Talks for rights for Spanish league founder with five weeks of season already gone
Europe

Spanish public-service broadcaster TVE is enjoying a flying start for its coverage of motorcycling’s MotoGP this season, with the rivalry between young Spanish riders Jorge Lorenzo and Dani Pedrosa

Football
Europe

The number of pay-per-view football buys in Spain fell 36 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2007