Athletics

Changes to make athletics more television-friendly will happen, but will take time and will not be allowed to undermine integrity of the sport

Football’s European Championship in Portugal dominated sports viewing across Europe in June.

Danmarks Radio accused of not fulfilling its role as a public-service broadcaster

Poland's TV4 purchases rights - BMW, Allianz and Castrol pay the fee

Ice hockey: US broadcasters ABC and ESPN, which are seeking to renew a five-year deal with the National Hockey League, are said to have offered only about half the $120m (£66m/€94m) a year they now pa…

Football rights to be used to transform cable entertainment channel into a sports channel

Rugby league’s Challenge Cup final, in which St Helens beat Wigan 32-16, drew 1.66 million viewers and a 25-per-cent audience share to BBC1.

Football: Fifa, world football’s governing body, rejected a minimum offer of $2.8bn (£1.6bn/€2.3bn)

Football dominates European sports viewing in the TV Sports Markets survey for March.

Double threat to Eurosport from Eurosport-sceptics within EBU, and EC investigation into EBU collective selling

Football: Turkish state broadcaster TRT signed a four-year sublicensing deal with digital-satellite operator Digitürk for live, delayed and highlights rights for the Super Lig.

The International Association of Athletic Federations has taken up an option to extend its long-term television deal with the European Broadcasting Union

Channel set for December launch, once European Commission is assured that it has no links with News International or Sky Italia

Athletics: UK pay-broadcaster Setanta extended a deal for the Golden League series in 2008 and 2009.  The deal was brokered by the IMG agency.

Deal a good result for European Athletics, despite reduced fee

Motorsport: German pay-broadcaster Premiere extended its deal for live Formula One rights by one year, until the end of the 2007 season.