United Kingdom

Football

MUTV's commercial director says the Premier League club is still committed to collective selling.

Football

TVE fights to keep hold of Masters ... Rally wants more UK exposure; Zee spree for Ten Action ... Lega looks for Coppa bidders.

Football

Football: Nepalese media buying agency Media Hub Private Limited acquired the rights in Nepal for the 2010 Fifa World Cup in a deal with ESPN Star Sports
Football

Manchester United now has less than four weeks to negotiate a new distribution network for its MUTV club channel.

Football

BSkyB picks up England games; League solves Eastern problems; Romanian dilemma for Ecclestone; Sportschau ratings hold, share slips
Football

First Saturday Champions League final fails to pull in families and is a ratings flop in two of Europe's big five markets.

Football

Premier League chief Richard Scudamore speaks exclusively to TV Sports Markets on the league's rights-selling strategy.

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

German commercial broadcaster pleased with audiences in first season of "too expensive" deal.

Football

Competitive season draws bigger audiences for Premier League coverage on BSkyB and BBC, but ESPN's look to be stagnating already.

Basketball

Basketball: Euroleague Basketball agreed deals in the UK, China and Iceland for the 2010 Final Four
Football

Football: Hong Kong free-to-air broadcasters TVB and ATV agreed a deal with pay-television operator I-Cable for coverage of the opening match, the semi-finals and the final of the 2010 Fifa World Cup
Rugby League

Bigger inventory, improved format and market-by-market approach give Sanzar healthy increases in three home markets

Football

Expanding number of live matches offered to TV is now the most obvious way of driving domestic revenues.

Golf

Golf: US broadcaster America One Television acquired the rights for the OneAsia Series in a three-year deal, from 2010 to 2012, brokered by the World Sport Group agency
American Football

American Football: UK pay-broadcaster ESPN acquired the rights for NFL Monday Night football in a two-year deal covering the 2010-11 and 2011-12 seasons. The deal covers live, repeat and pre-game programming
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.
Horse Racing

The latest figures from the UK and beyond showing HD's growth.