European Broadcasting Union (EBU)
Features
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
Rai-Sky Olympic deal leaves ski federation cold
Sky-Rai Olympic deal pleases IOC and Coni, but not ski federation
RTL deal shakes up German market
Germany’s RTL snatches national team qualifier matches from under the nose of ARD/ZDF
CAA Eleven rejects pan-Nordic consortium offer
CAA Eleven busts the pan-Nordic broadcaster consortium to go market by market with the European Qualifiers and Euro 2016
Talks for free-to-air rights in Spain drag on into week two
Talks for free-to-air rights for French Open talks drag on past the first week of the tournament
Agency pays well to keep handball rights in play
The Sportfive agency acquired the rights for the 2007 and 2009 World Handball Championships.
Rai to join ERT as first rights buyers
Rai set to acquire rights for Euro 2008 from Sportfive.
Wanted: Deals for 2014 World Cup
France, Italy, UK and Nordic region the only European territories covered so far.
Skiing ‘must adapt’ to win over TV and viewers
France Télévisions believe that FIS must change to interest broadcasters.
Rai fashionably late for skiing’s big party
EBU set to get money back for Italian skiing rights.
New rivals force Eurosport into policy change
Pan-European broadcaster acquires content specifically for the region for the first time.
IOC takes tough stance over winning Olympic archives
The International Olympic Committee in major dispute with US television network ABC