Cycling

Cycling

Football: German commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 acquired the free-to-air rights for the Uefa Champions League.

Cycling

List comprises 21 sports events considered to be of “major importance to society”
Cycling

Italian state broadcaster threats to renege on agreed contribution to Euro 2004 cost
Cycling

AOL Time Warner pulled out of the bidding for the rights for the 2010 and 2012 Olympic Games because, it said, it could not meet the International Olympic Committee’s tender requirements.
Cycling

Qualifying matches for football’s European Championship next year dominated the April charts in TV Sports Markets monthly survey.
Bobsleigh/skeleton

Leading industry figures have encouraged small sports federations to create specialised in-house television production units.

Boxing

Satellite pay-television operator BSkyB renewed four important golf deals: (1) exclusive live rights for two Ryder Cups (in 2006 and 2008) with European Tour Productions; (2) live rights for 34 events…
Cycling

The UCI is planning a controversial overhaul of the rights-distribution and television production of the men’s road World Cup.

American Football

Audiovisual Sport, the football rights-holding company for Spain’s two main pay-television companies, said it valued the rights of all 20 clubs in the Primera Liga at €200m a season, 25 per cent less tha…
Athletics

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

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…
Cycling

Negotiations upcoming with Union Cycliste Internationale and individual event organisers about World Championship and World Cup events
American Football

Cycling: Italian public-service broadcaster Rai agreed a four-year deal with the European Broadcasting Union, from 2005 to 2008, for coverage of the Tour de France. 

Cycling

The ProTour, “will become one of the most recognised brands in European sport, and will lead to a big increase in the amount and quality of televised cycling”.
Cycling

SweetSpot, a sports marketing and events company, beat two contenders to win the right to set up cycling’s new Tour of Britain.
Athletics

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.

Cycling

Belgian commercial channel VT4, owned by SBS Broadcasting, is setting up a sports department

Athletics

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