United Kingdom

Cricket

Celtic unions were worried that switching to commercial broadcaster would have placed into doubt BBC coverage of Autumn Internationals

ITV and BBC both interested in F1 rights
Cricket

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
Baseball

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
Football

Guarantees for full, three-year duration of contracts will be demanded
Cricket

Pakistani rights-holder, Ary Digital, annoyed with premature announcement of coverage
Football

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…
Basketball

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…
Rugby League

Leading Super league clubs complain that broadcasters have "heavily undervalued" their television rights

Sky likely to make pan-European bid
Football

Olympics:  The International Olympic Committee will start a tendering process in March for the sale of television rights in Europe to the 2010 Olympics and beyond.
Cycling

Negotiations upcoming with Union Cycliste Internationale and individual event organisers about World Championship and World Cup events
Boxing

BBC focusing on Audley Harrison, David Haye and Carl Froch in the next 12 months
Football

Sceptical broadcasters would prefer to buy top rights independently rather than through an EBU operating with unfavourable conditions
Cricket

Cricket: Pan-Asian satellite channel Ten Sports agreed a sub-licensing deal with Indian state broadcaster Doordarshan for highlights of the forthcoming Indian tour of Pakistan
American Football

Football: German sports agency Infront did not take-up its €595m (£412m) option for the Deutsche Fussball Liga rights for the 2004-05 and 2005-06 seasons, failing to reach agreement over price. 

Plans afoot to offer three stages live this year
Cricket

Cricket: The England and Wales Cricket Board agreed a four-year deal with UK pay-television operator British Sky Broadcasting, from 2006 to 2009, for exclusive live rights to English cricket