United Kingdom
Premier League tops TV table for fees per game
French football’s Ligue 1 rights the most expensive in the world
TV rights 2: Indian cricket, golf, darts and mobile deals
Darts hits bullseye with record
SBS6 acquired the exclusive rights for all Professional Darts Corporation events in the Netherlands.
How Serie A clubs beat Madrid and Man Utd for TV
Spanish Primera Liga club Real Madrid was the world’s biggest earning club in 2004-05.
Premier League likely to split delayed-rights
English football’s Premier League is likely to split the sale of its delayed-as-live television rights into two packages in its forthcoming tender.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Tennis, skiing, boxing, darts, athletics and more
Tennis: Pan-European cable and satellite broadcaster Eurosport extended its deal for coverage of the Australian Open for a further four years, from 2008 to 2011. Eurosport will also be the distribution agent for the media rights across Europe. The rights were previously held by the European Broadcasting Union, the umbrella group representing the region’s public-service broadcasters.
Wanted: Deals for 2014 World Cup
France, Italy, UK and Nordic region the only European territories covered so far.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Golf, Aussie Rules, ice-hockey, football and more
Golf: The US PGA Tour signed new six-year deals with the CBS and NBC networks, from 2007 to 2012.
TV sport had a good 2004
Terrestrial television viewing of sport had a good year in 2004
Ecclestone finally takes over production of main F1 signal
TV Sports Markets goes to Electric Word in double sale
TV Sports Markets has a new owner.
Ups and downs of mixed year for UK Sports
UK broadcasters experience a mixed 2005 for television-sport viewing.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: F1, Asian Games and more
• Formula One: German free-to-air sports broadcaster DSF acquired a package of Formula One rights for the 2007 season.
UK crown jewels lose sparkle
Television audiences for the UK’s traditional sporting showpieces fall in 2006, according to TV Sports Markets survey.
Big gamble on Indian cricket
$612 million deal signed by the Nimbus Sport agency for worldwide television rights for cricket played in India is looking increasingly risky.
Juventus leads archive rush
Serie A champions Juventus set to sign a deal with Italian state broadcaster Rai.