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Football

Television audiences for BSkyB's coverage of English Premier League football dropped marginally in 2005-06.

Football

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.
Cycling

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 …
Australian Rules Football

Australian Rules: Australian pay-television operator Foxtel acquired pay-television rights for the Australian Football League in a sub-licensing deal worth A$315
Football

Fernando Alonso’s strong start to the Formula One season continued to attract Spanish viewers this season.

Incumbent agency IMG Media, Australian agency ISTV, and some new entrants are among the bidders
Cricket

Changes sought to make rights easier to sell on
Football

Bidders lack penetration required by UK listed-events legislation
Boxing

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
Football

Television audiences for football’s English Premier League have fallen for live and highlights matches
Football

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…

The BBC has a number of options on funding

The BBC could point to a regulatory precedent in starting a sports channel – though in radio rather than television

One of the key questions that Peter Salmon left behind when he quit as BBC head of sport last month was whether the BBC should launch a dedicated sports channel
Football

England’s Football League is set to sign a new four-year deal with UK pay-operator British Sky Broadcasting
Football

Repackaged FA Cup and England matches could attract ITV bid, leading to increased competition, rights fees

Football

Bidders in the Netherlands and Belgium to submit new bids because the initial offers were too low.
Boxing

The BBC has paid-off one of the UK’s leading boxing promoters to stop him taking legal action