Spain

Tennis
Europe

Broadcaster reduces coverage on flagship channel, despite rise of Spanish star
Football
Europe

Discounted new media rights still on shelf after a year
Football
Europe

League appeals to competition authorities for permission to sell rights for five years
Football
Africa

Deals made directly with broadcasters boost earnings
Football
Europe

Major rights to be put on the negotiating table
Europe

Spanish five sports-rights contenders
Europe

The launch next Monday by pay-broadcaster Sogecable of Spain’s fifth major free-to-air channel will create another crack in what has been one of Europe’s toughest markets
Football
Europe

The established satellite operators are facing new competition from cable for domestic football rights
Boxing
Canada

Formula 1: Spanish sports agency Mediapro acquired the rights for Formula 1 in a five-year deal, 2009 to 2013, in a deal thought to be worth about €35m (£24m) a year.
Basketball
Argentina

Football: Jamaican commercial broadcaster CVM TV sublicensed rights for the 2010 and 2014 World Cup competitions from Caribbean sports cable operator SportsMax
Europe

Agency believed to be committed pay €35m per year, current deal worth €10m per year
Football
Bulgaria

Football: Spanish pay-television broadcaster Sogecable acquired the pay-rights for the Champions League in a three-year deal from the 2006-07 to 2008-09 with the Team agency

Athletics
Asia

Basketball: Spanish commercial broadcaster La Sexta acquired the rights to this year’s basketball World Championships in a deal with Fiba, the international basketball federation.

Football
Belgium

Football: Spanish Primera Liga champions FC Barcelona agreed a long-term deal with the Mediapro agency which guarantees the club at least €1bn (£685m) for its domestic and international television rights for the seven years from 2006-07 to 2012-13.

Football
France

Fifa has agreed or is in the process of agreeing deals for the 2010 and 2014 World Cups in the top five European television countries
Boxing
Germany

Horseracing:  UK commercial broadcaster Channel 4 signed a one-year deal to continue its horseracing coverage in 2006 after the horseracing and betting industries agreed to pay the channel £4.95m (€7.4m). 

Football
Armenia

Football:  Norwegian commercial channel TV2 an telecoms company Telenor acquired the rights to all Norwegian football in a record NKr1bn (£85m/€127m) deal (page 1)
Europe

Free-to-air television audiences for live coverage of Spanish football’s La Liga in 2004-05 fell six per cent on the previous season.