United Kingdom

Football

The FA's hopes of profitably integrating broadcast and sponsorship rights is likely to be scuppered by the downturn in the rights market.

The changes introduced to Formula 1 this season to make the races more exciting are having a mixed effect on last year’s falling television audiences.
Boxing

Satellite pay-television operator BSkyB renewed four important golf deals: (1) exclusive live rights for two Ryder Cups (in 2006 and 2008) with European Tour Productions; (2) live rights for 34 events…
Rugby Union

The BBC increased its viewing figures for rugby union’s Six Nations championship this year by 770,000.
Football

Real Madrid’s classy 3-1 defeat of Manchester United in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final attracted an average audience of 8.89 million UK viewers.
Boxing

The BBC says that it is still a long way from signing a new broadcasting deal with British heavyweight boxer Audley Harrison.
Boxing

Promoter Robert Waterman said this week that he is close to a deal with the BBC to televise promotions of fighters.
Boxing

Frank Warren’s Sports Network and pay-television operator British Sky Broadcasting have begun talks on a new television-rights contract.
Football

England’s Premier League appears to be confident that it is on track to sell its television rights this summer.
Australian Rules Football

A rematch between boxers Oscar de la Hoya and Shane Mosley for the WBC and WBA super welterweight world titles is set to go ahead after US pay-television network HBO offered Mosley a greater share of pay-per-view…
Athletics

The conflicting needs of the host-broadcasters of athletic events and the in-stadium event presenters was one of the central issues at a European Athletic Association seminar.
Football

England’s Premier League officially rejected the EC's demands for a radical overhaul of its media-rights policy.
Cricket

The value of the Australian Cricket Board’s television rights in the UK looks set to fall by 36 per cent.
Football

French commercial broadcaster TF1 acquired the free-to-air rights to football’s Champions League in a deal reported to be worth about €33m (£22.6m) a year.  It will have the first choice of live matches each Champions League week.

The cancellation of the first round of the British Rally Championship has raised questions about the viability of the series.
Football

The FA has made little progress in its bid to gain some measure of control over how the rights for England’s away games are sold into the UK market.
Football

British Sky Broadcasting’s viewing figures for this year’s FA Cup are 37 per cent up on the same stage last year.
Football

The Football Association is considering making many more FA Cup games available for pay-television in its next round of rights deals.