United Kingdom
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Bundesliga, Premier League and MotoGP
Football: German pay-televison broadcaster Premiere is set to sign a two-year deal, said to be worth €350m (£235m), with the Deutsche Fussball Liga for football’s Bundesliga. Th
Speedway looks for format boost
New season also features two extra teams and a more secure television deal
ITV lifts viewing for World Rally
After opening three rounds, viewing up 30 per cent on last year
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Rugby union, football, motorsport and more
Rugby union: Incumbent rights-holder IMG won the commercial rights for rugby union’s 2007 and 2011 Rugby World Cups. It beat opposition from Champions League agency Team Marketing. I
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1:Cricket, football and baseball
Cricket: Indian state broadcaster Doordarshan said that it would look to share the rights to Indian cricket if it failed to retain its exclusive contract with the Board of Control for Cricket in India
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Rugby, cricket, hockey and more
Football: Five Italian Serie A clubs sold the rights for their remaining home games of the season to pay-operator Sky Italia in deals worth between €300,000 (£201,000) and €350,000 a match. Th
BBC in hard fight to win over boxers and promoters
Negotiations with Audley Harrison, and Mick Hennessy being dragged out by disputes over promoters, number of fights
Never mind Italy, leagues like plan for own channels
But failure of Gioco Calcio, with latest Serie A defections to Sky Italia, calls into question how serious an alternative league channels are
Murdoch set for Olympic bid
Bid could be critical for IOC chance's of improving value of rights
Why Six Nations ignored ITV in no-tender deal
Celtic unions were worried that switching to commercial broadcaster would have placed into doubt BBC coverage of Autumn Internationals
Bernie gives UK bidders 10 days
ITV and BBC both interested in F1 rights
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Rugby union, rowing, ice sports and more
Rugby Union: The BBC extended its deal for rugby union’s Six Nations Championship for a further four years, from 2006 to 2009. The deal includes radio, television and internet rights. T
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football, baseball, snooker and more
Football: Irish pay-per-view broad-caster Setanta signed a four-year, £35m (€52m) deal with the Scottish Premier League. The deal will run from 2004-05 to 2007-08. Se
Premier League says it must have strong guarantees
Guarantees for full, three-year duration of contracts will be demanded
BSkyB jumps gun in row over tour
Pakistani rights-holder, Ary Digital, annoyed with premature announcement of coverage
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Rugby league, motorcycling, golf, tennis
Football: UK commercial broadcaster ITV said that it was interested in acquiring a package of eight live Premier League matches a season from satellite broadcaster British Sky Broadcasting as long as the…
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football, horseracing, Formula 1 and more
Football: Portuguese state broadcaster RTP completed the sublicensing of 19 of the 31 matches in this year’s football European Championship to rival commercial broadcasters SIC and TVI (TV Sports Markets 7…
Clubs upset over RFL deals with BSkyB and BBC
Leading Super league clubs complain that broadcasters have "heavily undervalued" their television rights