United Kingdom

Football

Football: Italian public-service broadcaster Rai agreed a deal with the Sportfive agency for the rights to football’s Euro 2008 tournament.

Football

The French team’s success in getting to the World Cup final boosted advertising revenue for French commercial broadcasters TF1 and M6.

Boxing

Commonwealth Games: Australian commercial broadcaster Network Ten and pay-operator Foxtel acquired the rights for the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.

Cricket

Deals signed in North America, Pakistan, Middle East, Caribbean; deal in South Africa close
Football

Turkey and the Middle East are likely to set down impressive markers for the rest of the market.

Football

The UK’s five main mobile-telephone operators may come to seriously regret failing to win the mobile-clips rights of English football’s Premier League.

Football

Television viewing for the 2006 World Cup in Germany smashed viewing records in several countries in Europe and elsewhere.

Football

BSkyB subscribers increase by 77,000 as last quarter sees pay-television growth in three of five European markets

Football

World Cup winners Italy could get a 20-per-cent increase in television-rights fees.

American Football

Boxing: German public-service broadcaster ARD acquired the rights for a minimum 12 fights a year from Sauerland Promotions in a four-year deal, 2008 to 2011, renewing a previous contract
Cricket

India to be carved out of ICC-IMG deal due next week
Basketball

Golf: UK pay-broadcaster Setanta acquired the rights to the US PGA Tour in a six-year deal, from 2007 to 2012.

Badminton

Football: Spanish agency Mediapro signed a deal worth close to €100m (£68m) per season from 2009-10 to 2013-14, for the television rights of the G-30, the group of 25 first and second division Liga fo…
Football

The 2006 World Cup in Germany is on course to break television viewing records.

Cycling

The finals of the Wimbledon tennis championship drew good television audiences in many of the sport’s top European markets last weekend. 
Cricket

Pan-Asian broadcaster ESPN Star Sports faces a tough challenge to hit
Golf

Setanta’s acquisition of US PGA golf rights came after a fierce bidding war with incumbent rights-holder BSkyB.

Athletics

A new deal for French Ligue 1 football is likely to be the biggest television-rights deal of 2008