Basketball

Basketball
Israel

A series of legal battles and other bitter disputes between the top players in television sport in Israel is creating uncertainty and confusion for Israeli television,

Athletics
Denmark

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

Free-to-air commercial broadcaster seeking to take advantage of ERT's withdrawal from football broadcasting
Basketball
Australia

Football: Portuguese state broadcaster RTP completed the sublicensing of 19 of the 31 matches in this year’s football European Championship to rival commercial broadcasters SIC and TVI (TV Sports Markets 7…
American Football
North America

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…
Athletics
Hungary

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

Handball: Danish public-service broadcaster Danmarks Radio acquired the rights to both men’s and women’s Champions League competitions from the European Handball Federation in a five-year deal, from 2006-07 to 2010-11.

Basketball
Europe

The Euroleague has secured much-improved deals in two of its key territories
Basketball
Europe

Spanish pay-television operator Sogecable is unlikely to continue its financial backing of European basketball’s Euroleague
Basketball
Denmark

Football/Basketball: JCS Sports, owner of Israel’s two Sport 5 cable and satellite channels, acquired the rights for top Israeli football and basketball matches in a three-year sublicensing deal with pay-per-view company Charlton

Basketball
Albania

Football: German public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF acquired the rights for up to 49 matches in football’s 2006 World Cup from Swiss agency Infront Sports & Media.

Basketball
Israel

JCS Sports, which owns Israel’s two sports channels, has acquired the rights for top Israeli football and basketball matches

Basketball
Europe

The rocky marriage of Italian club basketball and state broadcaster Rai is to end in divorce.
Basketball
Europe

Horseracing: Two rival dedicated cable and satellite horseracing channels could be launched in the UK within the next month with the country’s racecourses split evenly between the two new ventures. 
Basketball
Spain

Spanish pay-television company Sogecable has yet to decide whether to take up a three-year option to extend its financial backing for European basketball’s Euroleague.

Basketball
Germany

Basketball:  Spain’s top domestic league, the ACB Liga, failed to agree television deals in time for the start of its season for the second successive year.

Basketball
Europe

German pay-television broadcaster Premiere is set to acquire the live rights for the German basketball league
Basketball
Israel

Israeli pay-per-view company Charlton is set to sign deals with Israeli broadcasters