Spain

American Football

Football: Spanish agency Mediapro made a seven-year offer worth €1.19bn (£815m), or €170m a season, for the television rights to Spanish Primera Liga club Real Madrid covering the seasons from 2008-09 to 2014-15.

Cycling

High-profile doping scandals hit television viewing for this year’s Tour de France.

Football

World Cup coverage helped Spanish pay-television operator Sogecable to add new subscribers in the second-quarter of the year.

Football

Court orders return to last season's system for televising La Liga - one match on La Sexta, one match on Canal Plus, remaining matches on PPV
Football

Global TV wants compensation for disrupted feed
Boxing

Ice Skating: The European Broadcasting Union acquired the rights for the World and European Championships and other events in a four-year deal with the International Skating Union, the sport's world governing…
Football

MP & Silva, Sportfive and Rai Trade agencies estimated to have brought in about €100 million overall for 2007-08 season

Football

Sogecable suing Mediapro for €200 million for “pirating” the signal to four matches
Football

English Premier League to receive £74 million over three years from sale of mobile and internet clip rights

Football

Olympics: Hong Kong pay-television broadcaster I-Cable Communications acquired the new media rights for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and all media rights for the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver and…
Cycling

Audiences fall in Germany and Switzerland, but rise elsewhere
Football

Sogecable pays more for Serie A rights after MP & Silva drop plan to work with Mediapro
Football

Football: South African public-service broadcaster SABC sublicensed the rights for 143 matches of the Premier Soccer League, the country’s top-tier football league, from pay-broadcaster SuperSport. 

British grand prix attracts highest audience since 2001 despite clash with Wimbledon tennis final

Baseball

Baseball: America’s Major League Baseball signed seven-year deals with US national network Fox, extending its present contract but for a reduced amount of coverage, and with cable network TBS for a package of Sunday and post-season games.

Football

Football: Italian public-service broadcaster Rai agreed a deal with the Sportfive agency for the rights to football’s Euro 2008 tournament.

Spanish public-service broadcaster TVE is having to work hard to retain the television rights for motorcycling’s MotoGP world championship.

Cycling

Cycling: French public-service broadcaster France Télévisions renewed its deal for the Tour de France.