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La Liga moves up to third in Big Five TV rights league
La Liga overtakes Ligue 1 in rights fee income
Spain’s Big Two still in front despite European flop
Media rights income, club by club, in Europe's top 5 leagues for the 2011-12 season
Analysts fear that Sky and BT overpaid for Premier League rights
Financial analysts have suggested that BSkyB overpaid for the next three-year cycle of live UK rights for the English Premier League, from 2013-14 to 2015-16, after the pay-television broadcaster acquired…
BT to launch new football channel after Premier League rights move
UK telecommunications company BT said it would launch a new football-focused channel after acquiring live domestic rights for the English Premier League in a three-season deal, from 2013-14 to 2015-16
Sky will curtail rights deal if Rangers are gone for more than one year, report says
Pay-television broadcaster BSkyB would only consider keeping its rights deal for the Scottish Premier League if the possible absence of Rangers football club from the top-tier competition does not extend…
BT is surprise winner in Premier League rights auction
The English Premier League announced today, Wednesday, that it had secured a 70-per-cent increase in its total live domestic rights income for the three-year cycle from 2013-14 to 2015-16, with BSkyB remaining…
UK rights sale for 2014 and 2016 Olympics under way
The International Olympic Committee has set a June 29 deadline for bids in the tender for UK rights covering future editions of the Olympic Games beyond London 2012
Ecclestone hints at pay-television exclusivity for F1’s UK rights
Bernie Ecclestone, the controller of Formula One’s centrally-sold commercial rights, has hinted that the motor-racing series could move coverage exclusively to pay-television in the UK in the near future.
Fans flock to social networks
Sports fans increasingly turn to social networks for content
ECB agrees seven-year deal with ESS at healthy increase
ECB enjoys healthy rights-fee increase in new ESS deal
UK and Italy deals widen highlights rights income gap
Varying fortunes for highlights across European leagues
Al Jazeera pays big fee for Copa
Al Jazeera acquires Copa rights
A ‘strange meeting’ in Brussels over Murphy
'Strange' meeting in Brussels
Broadcast revenue drives turnover growth in European football
Broadcast revenue was the main driver of growth in turnover across the five biggest domestic football leagues in Europe in the 2010-11 season, according to the latest report on football finance by financial…
British Eurosport added to Sky Go line-up
UK pay-television broadcaster BSkyB enhanced the sports offering on its Sky Go internet and mobile service by agreeing a carriage deal with British Eurosport, the UK arm of pan-regional broadcaster Eurosport
Channel 4 strikes deal with Sky for Paralympics coverage
UK commercial broadcaster Channel 4 has confirmed that its channels dedicated to covering the London 2012 Paralympic Games will be carried by pay-television broadcaster BSkyB
BBC pays small increase to renew Premier League highlights
UK public-service broadcaster the BBC renewed its highlights rights for English Premier League matches for three seasons, 2013-14 to 2015-16, in a deal worth £179.
Dailymotion serves up Wimbledon deal
Video sharing website Dailymotion agreed a deal to stream live content from the 2012 Wimbledon tennis championships