United Kingdom
Why only UK raised its TV fees for Euro Cup
Limited competition and lack of a powerful, willing pay-TV operator leads to hefty falls in rights fees in big Euro markets
Why Sky let BBC take all England’s home matches
Tender document suggested FA was prepared to 'sacrifice its principles',
Irish FA asks state to repay Sky’s lost exclusivity cash
The Football Association of Ireland is demanding compensation of €2 million (£1.44 million) from the Irish government.
Berlusconi is double champion
Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi won twice over in this year’s Champions League.
Brussels aims to let Sky win only half top TV games
The European Commission is demanding that England’s Premier League sells its main live rights in two packages with the same number of games and with matches of equal merit.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1:Olympics, football, squash and more
AOL Time Warner pulled out of the bidding for the rights for the 2010 and 2012 Olympic Games because, it said, it could not meet the International Olympic Committee’s tender requirements.
EC pushes for near-live showing of Premier games
Senior UK government officials are to lobby the European Commission to accept the Premier League’s collective selling of television rights.
Sport pushes for EU protection, but UK will kill plan
The governments of Germany and the UK are almost certain to scupper moves by the top sports federations to get EU support in several key areas.
Premier TV viewing on a high
Television audiences for English football’s Premier League and FA Cup both rose substantially this season,
Who will pay for EC’s big ‘error’ over Premier League?
Too late for EC to take action over concerns about a BSkyB monopoly?
UK changes TV ownership rules
The UK government agreed to an amendment to the media-ownership clauses of its communications bill after intense, year-long pressure from Lord Puttnam, the former film-maker
English FA rights to fall 28 per cent
England’s Football Association was set to announce the renewal of a three-year television rights deal with the BBC and pay-television operator British Sky Broadcasting as TV Sports Markets went to press.
Asian rights for West Indies sold
Ten Sports beats competition from ESSS and Sony to sign four-year deal
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football, speedway, boxing and more
German agency Infront Sports agreed a one-year deal for Bundesliga rights with a group comrising EM
Ppv could vanish and 3G mobile lose its dream
Latest tender has no specific ppv package, and no 'near-live' mobile clips
BBC, ITV bid for Super League but Sky is favourite
The UK’s Rugby Football League is prepared to sell at least some live coverage of the Super League to terrestrial television.
Premier League speed hits new-channel plans
BBC have held talks with TWI, ESPN, Setanta
Will exclusivity premiums be accepted by EC?
With British Sky Broadcasting expected to walk away with all the live television rights for the next three-year contract – bids have to be submitted by next Friday, July 11 – there are three key questions:
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