United Kingdom
TV asked to increase bids as athletics rights fees plunge
EBU broadcasters believe that fee expectations of rights-holders are unrealistic
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football, basketball, motor sport and others
Football: French commercial broad-caster TF1 agreed a deal with the Infront agency for the pay-television rights for the 2006 World Cup and sublicensed them to pay-broadcaster Canal Plus and its own cable and satellite channel Eurosport.
Setanta strategy pushed up price
Setanta, which acquired two of the Premier League’s six packages of live rights, was the major challenger for the most highly prized package of top matches.
UK, Italian viewers up for the Cup, but not Germans
Mixed news for European domestic cup football audiences
Bigger audiences remind ITV what it’s missing
UK television audiences for English football’s FA Cup showed a healthy increase this season.
Fans return to BBC highlights
Television audiences for BSkyB's coverage of English Premier League football dropped marginally in 2005-06.
Premier League on a roll again with new media
English football’s Premier League is set to triple its international new-media rights fees, replicating the success it had when selling its main live rights around the world late last year.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Horseracing, cycling, swimming and more
Horseracing: Australian free-to-air broadcaster Nine Network acquired live rights to 13 premier race meetings in 2007 from the Australian Racing Board, which brokered the deal through TVN, owners of …
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Aussie Rules football, rugby league and tennis
Australian Rules: Australian pay-television operator Foxtel acquired pay-television rights for the Australian Football League in a sub-licensing deal worth A$315
F1, Champions League bring in big Euro audiences
Fernando Alonso’s strong start to the Formula One season continued to attract Spanish viewers this season.
Six agencies in line for rugby league
Incumbent agency IMG Media, Australian agency ISTV, and some new entrants are among the bidders
ESS wants ICC to agree changes in eight-year deal
Changes sought to make rights easier to sell on
Five and BSkyB join bidders for Euro 2008
Bidders lack penetration required by UK listed-events legislation
ITV and BSkyB in fight for top UK boxers
The outlook for television boxing in the UK looks brighter than for a long time with commercial broadcaster ITV poised to commit to the sport
Top Premier shows lose out as viewers learn to be choosy
Television audiences for football’s English Premier League have fallen for live and highlights matches
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football, Formula One and GP2 series deals
Football: UK pay-operator British Sky Broadcasting is set to acquire the rights to the English Football League’s Championship, lower divisions and the League Cup in a four-year deal worth at least £3…
How BBC channel could be funded
The BBC has a number of options on funding
Extra radio channel shows way forward for BBC
The BBC could point to a regulatory precedent in starting a sports channel – though in radio rather than television