Switzerland

Ice Hockey

Medge/AMI break the ice with big MTG deal in the Nordics
Skiing

EBU members wary as ORF lowballing nearly backfires
Athletics

Athletics: The International Association of Athletics Federations secured deals for the 2011 World Championships and other events in the Netherlands, Iceland, Russia, Switzerland, Serbia, Albania, Croatia…
Football

Kentaro hits the German jackpot, Sportfive stoical on draw

Skiing

Infront outbids EBU but loses

Athletics

IAAF says IEC was right not to undersell its rights in Spain
Athletics

Athletics: Sports broadcaster Eurosport acquired pan-European rights for the International Association of Athletics Federations’ 2011 and 2013 World Championships.
Football

Football: Hong Kong pay-television operator Now TV acquired the rights to Euro 2012 from the Sportfive agency(page 8)
Athletics

EBU’s Euro 2012 subsidiary in talks ... IAAF still needs to close big deals ... More increases for Uefa
Football

Five-year deal helps NHL to big increase but 'it could have made more,' one bidder says

Tennis

MP & Silva pays 50-per-cent increase for French Open rights and gives free-to-air coverage guarantees
Tennis

Tennis: The MP & Silva agency acquired the European rights outside France for the French Open in a five-year deal, from 2012 to 2017, with the Fédération Française de Tennis, the French tennis federation. T
Rugby League

Rugby League: Pan-regional broadcaster Setanta Asia acquired rights for the Australian National Rugby League’s Premiership and State of Origin competitions in a two-year deal, covering 2011 and 2012, w…
Boxing

Boxing: Triumph Media Group extended its deal with Klitshcko Management Group covering the distribution of the global media rights to the 2011 fights of Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko

Nordic region sees most radical Olympic tender process in Europe so far
Basketball

Ficot to quit Sportfive for personal reasons ... NBA 'good business' for MCS ... Italian FA set to survive Rai cuts ... Chello's Sport1 Golf eyes expansion
Skiing

Ski federations and the Infront agency are renewing deals with public-service broadcasters gripped by recession.

Football

Football: ESPN acquired mobile clip rights for the English Premier League in the UK in a three-year deal with the league worth about £15m, from 2010-11 to 2012-13.