United Kingdom

Cricket

Rugby League: UK pay-broadcaster BSkyB and public-service broadcaster the BBC acquired the rights for the top-tier Super League, the second-tier National League, international matches and the Challenge…
Football

Olympics: New Zealand pay-broadcaster Sky Television and its free-to-air arm Prime acquired the rights for the 2010 and 2012 Olympics in a $10.5m (£5.1m/€7.2m) deal with the International Olympic Committee.
Rugby League

Rugby League signs deal with BSkyB and BBC, and receives big boost in rights fee income
Football

The £1.706 billion paid for the Premier League’s live rights for the 2007-08 to 2009-10 seasons represents a 68-per-cent increase on the present £1.024 billion deal.

Football

Pay-broadcaster believed to have paid record £5m per match to beat off BSkyB and BBC
Football

English football’s Premier League emerged smiling at the conclusion of its latest television live-rights bidding process.

Cricket

Football: Dutch commercial broadcaster Talpa acquired the rights to domestic knockout competition the KNVB Cup in a four-year deal with the Dutch football Association, KNVB.

The Turin Winter Olympics attracted impressive audiences to European public-service broadcasters.

Football

Football: The Dentsu and Infront agencies acquired the Rest of Asia rights to the 2010 and 2014 World Cups in a deal with Fifa, football’s world governing body.

Cricket

Expatriate communities in North America have turned themselves from a niche television audience into one of the fastest growing sports rights markets in the world.

Football

The French football league’s €29 million a-year- deal with Orange for its mobile rights places it second among Europe’s top six leagues.

American Football

Football: A consortium of Telecoms company Telenor and Scandinavia’s commercial broadcasters, TV2 in Denmark, TV2 in Norway and TV4 in Sweden, acquired the rights for the Euro 2008 tournament in a deal w…
Rugby Union

A threat by French rugby union clubs to boycott the Heineken Cup comes at a time when French television audiences and public interest for the Cup are at their peak.

Football

UK pay-television channel Bravo will drop its coverage of Italian Serie A football from next month.

Bobsleigh/skeleton

Football: The English Premier League signed deals in Asia, Australia and North America for its live rights for the three seasons from 2007-08 to 2009-10
Football

Sportfive, Kentaro, IMG get plenty of ties against the big five teams; Infront do not fare so well

Football

Questions raised over whether Setanta will attract enough subscribers to pay the cost of winning two of the Premier League’s packages.

Basketball

Bobsleigh/Skeleton: German public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF acquired the rights for the men’s and women’s bobsleigh and skeleton World Cups and World Championships for the three years from 2006-07 to …