United Kingdom

Football

The French and Belgian leagues are latest to consider in-house channels in the face of weak demand for their rights from broadcasters.
Athletics

The Diamond League athletics series has secured double the rights fee income of its predecessor the Golden League, with two big deals yet to be done.

Football

Manchester United and Liverpool are increasingly unhappy that overseas television rights revenue continues to be split equally between Premier League clubs.
Athletics

News round-up.
Football

The Premier League's new channel for overseas rights-holders will be launched with one eye on the next domestic rights negotiations.
American Football

American Football: Canadian commercial broadcaster CTV extended its existing deal for NFL matches, including the playoffs and the Super Bowl game, for four more years from 2010 to 2013
Football

Football: German public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF acquired free-to-air rights for Euro 2012 in a deal with Uefa worth €110m ($150m).
Boxing

Football dominated sports viewing in Europe’s top markets in 2009, with Uefa club competitions and World Cup qualifiers delivering the strongest audiences in the big five markets.

Football

Skiing suffers cut as EBU fights off agencies [UPDATE: DEAL COMPLETED IN MAY 2010
Cricket

“We want eyeballs and that's what matters to us foremost. You can't get bigger and better than our strategy. People all over the world ask me where can we watch IPL - now I can always say - you can watch it on You Tube." - Lalit Modi.

ITV takes top four spots, but BBC increases its lead in the Top 100.

Football

The major agencies are battling to add to their football federation portfolios in the countdown to the Euro 2012 qualifying draw next month.
Football

Football: German public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF acquired the free-to-air rights for a further nine matches from next year’s Fifa World Cup in South Africa in a sublicensing deal with pay-broadcaster S…
Football

Six Nations and The Open the only major events to see their top audiences rise.

Rugby Union

English rugby union’s Guinness Premiership becomes second UK property in a week to benefit from ESPN’s expanded UK budget.
Football

ESPN buys FA Cup and other rights for £70m, helping to make up the shortfall left after Setanta's collapse.
Football

Increase in European media rights fees a sign of increasing value of Premier League even in Europe's developed markets.

Golf

Golf’s US PGA Tour had to offer BSkyB an eight-year deal in order to satisfy its minimum rights fee expectations, another example of the tough conditions prevailing in the UK market.