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Watching Brief (Vol.66) Special Focus: Football – International Qualifiers
Pauline McVey analyses domestic audiences on free-to-air television for the Fifa World Cup 2014 qualifiers in Europe’s five biggest markets, and in Portugal
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Competition from agencies and pay-TV helps ASO claw back rights value
Tour de France commits early to EBU despite interest from agencies and pay-TV companies
Watching Brief (Vol.62) Special Focus: Athletics – World Athletics Championships
Pauline McVey, analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, examines television audiences in Europe for the last month’s World Athletics Championships in Moscow
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Petrucci brings Rai to the table
Petrucci intervention helps Fiba close late late Rai deal
Watching Brief (Vol.60) Special Focus: Football – Fifa Confederations Cup
As Brazil delivers increased audiences for the Fifa Confederations Cup in Europe’s big five markets, Pauline McVey, analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, runs the numbers
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German TV will have to pay more due to Lisicki effect
Lisicki timing is good for IMG in German Wimbledon TV rights talks
RTL deal shakes up German market
Germany’s RTL snatches national team qualifier matches from under the nose of ARD/ZDF
Ufa battle to hold on to rights could be good news for IHF
Ufa Sports faces a hard battle to hold on to World Championship handball rights
Watching Brief (Vol.52) Special Focus: Skiing – Alpine World Ski Championships
Pauline McVey, analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, reviews television audiences for the recent Alpine World Ski Championships in key European markets
Watching Brief (Vol.50) Special Focus: Handball – Men’s World Championships
Ben Speight, head of SportBusiness Intelligence, analyses how last month’s handball World Championship proved a big draw in Spain, Germany and Denmark
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RTL sells ski-jump event after losing scheduling fight
RTL sold on the rights for one of this year’s World Cup ski-jumping events after a row with the FIS
Wanted: Deals for 2014 World Cup
France, Italy, UK and Nordic region the only European territories covered so far.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Bundesliga, American football, tennis and more
Football: The German Football League awarded the rights for the Bundesliga in several three-year deals covering 2006-07 to 2008-09.