Sweden

Football’s Champions League final was not the only major sporting event in May to attract good viewing for broadcasters around Europe.

Swedish commercial broadcaster TV4 has acquired a 51-per-cent stake in cable and satellite channel SportExpressen.f

German cable company consortium is takeover target for Liberty Global

Australian Rules: Australian pay-television operator Foxtel acquired pay-television rights for the Australian Football League in a sub-licensing deal worth A$315

Football: New Spanish commercial channel La Sexta, which launched last week, acquired the rights to this year’s World Cup.

Weekday lunchtime television slots mean Swedish television audiences miss Anja Paerson's medal winning performances

American football:  US network NBC acquired the so-called “network package” of American football’s National Football League rights, the main package of 23 matches per season, paying $600m (£316m/€465m) a year ov…

Football:  UK pay-operator British Sky Broadcasting is set to acquire the rights to the English Football League’s Championship, lower divisions and the League Cup in a four-year deal worth at least £3…

Prospects for a new Swedish sports channel, SportExpressen, could well hang on its coverage of second-tier domestic rights for ice hockey and football

Commonwealth Games:  UK public-service broadcaster the BBC acquired the rights to the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne in a deal with the Fastrack agency, which is selling the rights on behalf of the organisers.

Takeover of the Nordic Canal Plus subscription channels by SBS Broadcasting

Television broadcasters are having difficulty making use of the matching-rights options they negotiated in earlier contracts.

Canal Plus is considering a carriage deal with the direct-to-home satellite platform of its main rival, Viasat.

Sports agency looks close to winning domestic television rights for all Swedish football.

EBU set to get money back for Italian skiing rights.

Decision to hand back golf rights allows rival to recover monopoly on top Tour golf and launch golf channel.