Sweden
Swedish channels slowly agree to buy football rights
Swedish broadcasters have finally agreed a series of rights deals for Swedish domestic football.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football, cricket, rugby union and polo
Football: Dutch commercial broadcaster Talpa acquired the rights to domestic knockout competition the KNVB Cup in a four-year deal with the Dutch football Association, KNVB.
TV liked Turin but much prefers North America
The Turin Winter Olympics attracted impressive audiences to European public-service broadcasters.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Football, cricket, motorsport, handball and more
Pay-TV buyers lift Euro 2008 fees
The involvement of pay-television companies has helped the Sportfive agency earn rights-fee increases of about 60 per cent for Euro 2008.
Roulette wheel spins good draw for agencies
Sportfive, Kentaro, IMG get plenty of ties against the big five teams; Infront do not fare so well
La Liga audiences down 50% under new domestic deal
The new domestic free-to-air deal for the Spanish Primera Liga has been a success for commercial broadcaster La Sexta.
Delicate political game of choosing partners and winning
A joint-bid from Canal Plus and Telenor comfortably won the Premier League rights in the Nordic region after much less competition than was expected.
Exit ambitious media group, hit by high rights fees
The Nordic free-to-air television landscape is set for another shift in ownership power with the exit of Norwegian media group Schibsted.
Breakaway channels pose dilemma for state TV
Scandinavia’s three main commercial broadcasters have broken away from a wider free-to-air consortium to bid as a separate group for football’s Euro 2008 rights
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 3: Boxing, basketball, winter sports and more
Boxing: German commercial broadcaster RTL acquired the rights for the next four fights of Ukrainian heavyweight boxer Wladimir Klitschko in a deal with the Sportfive agency worth €10m (£6.8m).
Poor viewing won’t help Euro athletics lift fees
Poor viewing for the European athletics championships in Gothenburg will not help the European Athletics Association get the fee increase it is trying to get.
Nordic leagues want TV cash more than exposure
The domestic ice hockey leagues in Sweden and Norway have signed new live television deals.
La Liga is No.2 worldwide league – if only for now
International rights sales for Spanish football’s La Liga are likely to bring in more than €100 million a year.
Royal League may lose its crown as viewers turn off
The board of the Scandinavian Royal League will meet next week to discuss the trend of falling television audiences that threaten the tournament’s future.
Reports from Sportel Monaco 2007
Athletics report shows TV viewing on five-year slide
Audience of 230 million in Europe
Serie A fees rise, but big jump must wait for next time
MP & Silva, Sportfive and Rai Trade agencies estimated to have brought in about €100 million overall for 2007-08 season