United Kingdom

Boxing

Horseracing:  UK commercial broadcaster Channel 4 signed a one-year deal to continue its horseracing coverage in 2006 after the horseracing and betting industries agreed to pay the channel £4.95m (€7.4m). 

Football

Football:  Norwegian commercial channel TV2 an telecoms company Telenor acquired the rights to all Norwegian football in a record NKr1bn (£85m/€127m) deal (page 1)

Pay-television operators in four of the five top European television markets reported growing numbers of subscribers

Football

Setanta, the pay and pay-per-view company, has emerged as a major player in the UK and Irish markets

Two main lawyers involved in billion-dollar deal between International Cricket Council and ESS are moving on to new positions
Australian Rules Football

Ice hockey: Canadian public-service broadcaster CBC retained the rights for live coverage of the US National Hockey League in a six-year deal that will keep its flagship Hockey Night in Canada programme…
Football

Football: UK commercial operator ITV and pay-broadcaster Setanta acquired the rights for the FA Cup knock-out competition and England national team matches in a four-year, £425m (€623m) deal with the En…
Boxing

Viewer numbers fall but audience share increases during unseasonably hot weather
Cricket

Tennis: Asian broadcaster Ten Sports sublicensed coverage of the finals of this year’s French Open tournament to rival pay-operator Zee Sports.

Football

Football: Spanish free-to-air broadcaster Cuatro sublicensed the non-exclusive rights to at least seven matches from the upcoming World Cup from rival broadcaster La Sexta in a deal worth €20m (£14m).

Football

Football’s Champions League final was not the only major sporting event in May to attract good viewing for broadcasters around Europe.

Football

Broadcasters adjusting bidding tactics to beat BBC and BSkyB

Pay broadcaster needs to quadruple subscriber base to recoup rights fees outlay

German viewing also falls, Spain and Italy see audiences rise

Football

A look at television production of football matches in France, Germany, England, Italy and Spain
Athletics

The revamped Golden League athletics series has still to win television coverage in two of Europe’s top five television markets.

Golf

Pay-television newcomers Setanta in the UK and Arena in Germany are bidding strongly for US golf rights against the established pay-operators in their countries.

Baseball

Olympics: Brazilian free-to-air broadcaster TV Record acquired the Brazilian media rights across all platforms for the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver and the 2012 Olympics Games in London in a $60m (£31m/€45m) de…