Sweden

Football

Bonnier predicted to take TV2 Norway stake and ramp up co-operation with Telenor.
Basketball

Basketball: Greek public-service broadcaster ERT acquired a package of rights for the Euroleague in a four-year deal with the Asset Management agency covering the 2010-11 to 2013-14 seasons
Handball

Germany fails to deliver a big fee but a break-even is thought possible on Ufa's World Championships investment.
Athletics

Athletics: Channel 4, the UK commercial broadcaster, acquired the rights for the 2011 and 2013 World Championships in a three-year deal with the IEC in Sports agency
Football

Football: The MP & Silva agency extended its agreement with Arsenal Broadband Limited, the digital arm of English Premier League club Arsenal, for a further three years, covering the 2013-14 to 2015-16…
Football

Resurgent competition between pay-television operators Modern Times Group and Canal Plus is driving up fees in the Nordics.
Football

Europe's World Cup broadcasters are praising the production of World Cup footage, despite early reservations replays and slow-motions shots, and the blaring of vuvuzelas.
Athletics

Athletics: UK public-service broadcaster the BBC acquired the exclusive live television and internet rights for the Diamond League in a five-year deal brokered by the IMG agency
Football

Football: Singapore telecoms companies Starhub and SingTel acquired the rights for the 2010 Fifa World Cup in non-exclusive deals worth about $17m (€13m), brokered by the Football Media Services agency.

Telenor has taken a 35-per-cent stake in TV4's Canal Plus premium channels.

Football

Canal Plus lands deals for Euro 2012 tournament and qualifiers, Serie A and Eredivisie, among others, but Premier League loss leaves a big hole in offering.
Football

Football: Spanish commercial broadcaster Telecinco acquired the rights for eight matches from this year’s Fifa World Cup in a deal with Prisa-owned pay-broadcaster Sogecable.
Football

Nordic Canal Plus is making defensive moves after losing its most important sports rights, for the English Premier League.

Football

SBS TV takes a big step back into the sports rights market with Premier League acquisition

A look at the audiences pulled by the 2010 Winter Olympics around the world.

Football

Commercial operator TV2 has snatched the market's biggest pay-television subs-driver from Canal Plus.

Boxing

Football dominated sports viewing in Europe’s top markets in 2009, with Uefa club competitions and World Cup qualifiers delivering the strongest audiences in the big five markets.

Athletics

Athletics World Championships rights sold in Sweden, Greece and Portugal