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Football

The World Cup rights deals signed by Fifa in the UK and Germany just before the current tournament kicked off confirmed the difficulties the governing body has had in securing decent fee increases in both markets and in Europe generally.

Football

There were mixed results for broadcasters of the 2013-14 Uefa Champions League in Europe's big five markets, as Mike Kiernan, analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence explains

Football

German public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF have acquired rights for the 2022 Fifa World Cup national football team tournament, which is scheduled to take place in Qatar.

Swimming

The world swimming federation earned a small fee increase in its renewal last week with Japanese commercial broadcaster TV Asahi.

Swimming

Interview with Peter Hall, Fina’s head of marketing TV, on the federation’s new deal with commercial broadcaster TV Asahi in Japan.

Basketball

German sports broadcaster Sport1 last month picked up rights to the Fiba World Cup, which takes place in August, in a cash and airtime deal.

Skiing

The German Ski Association, the Deutscher Skiverband (DSV), secured a small increase in the value of its media rights outside Germany in a renewal with the Infront Sports & Media agency this week.

Motorsport

New F1 bidders emerge in Germany

Tennis

ARD/ZDF interest drives value of Wimbledon rights in Sky deal in Germany

Football

World football’s governing body Fifa has denied reports that German public-service broadcaster ZDF’s coverage of the 2014 World Cup will be available to viewers in the Middle East and Northern Africa.

Multi-sport

Mike Kiernan, analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, reviews audiences across selected European markets for the Winter Olympics in Sochi
Handball

Sport1 says it wants to be the home of handball in Germany

Ice Hockey

German commercial sports broadcaster Sport1 has acquired rights for the men’s and women’s ice hockey tournaments during the 2014 winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia.

Football

German public-service broadcaster ZDF has agreed a three-year extension to its rights deal for the Champions League club competition with Uefa, European football’s governing body.

Football

German public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF will broadcast the Fifa World Cup in its entirety for the first time since 1998 after receiving no sub-licensing proposals for next year’s tournament from rival broadcasters.

Football

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 L
Cycling

Tour de France commits early to EBU despite interest from agencies and pay-TV companies

Athletics

Pauline McVey, analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, examines television audiences in Europe for the last month’s World Athletics Championships in Moscow T