Football
TVI threatens legal action over bartered EBU rights
Portuguese commercial broadcaster TVI is considering taking legal action
Trend emerges in African boom
This week’s sale of African rights for French Ligue 1 domestic football provides further evidence of the continent’s booming sports rights market
TV rights 1: Olympics, football, volleyball, athletics and more
Olympics: The Asia-Pacific Broad-casting Union acquired the free-to-air terrestrial and radio rights for the 2010 and 2012 Olympics for $10m (£5.1m/€6.4m) in a deal with the International Olympic Committee.
UAE league goes local in ART blow
A planned media auction for the live broadcast rights for the United Arab Emirates’ newly-formed top-tier domestic football league, the Pro League, never got off the ground
Domestic football needs bundling to survive, says FA
The Football Association of Ireland hit back this week at suggestions that it has undervalued the media rights for the domestic football league
Compromise ‘won’t save Kirch deal’
The compromise on highlights coverage offered to the Bundeskartellamt
Cartel office: Kirch late highlights plan against consumer interest
Dr. Bernhard Heitzer, president of the Bundeskartellamt, Germany’s federal cartel office, last week delivered the following ruling on the media-rights arrangements of the Deutsche Fussball Liga
League has strong case to overturn ‘bizarre’ ruling
A legal challenge to last week’s ruling by the German cartel office on the collective selling of the Bundesliga media rights would stand a high chance of success, say lawyers.
Lega’s ambitious €250m target
The Italian football league’s target of €250 million (£198 million) for its centrally-sold media rights looks extremely ambitious
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: World Cup and other football, Tour de France
Football: Pan-Asian broadcaster ESPN Star Sports acquired the exclusive television rights in the Indian sub-continent for Fifa events in 2009 and 2010, including the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
NOS ‘flabbergasted’ by internet limit
Maximum of 20,000 viewers can simultaneously access live streaming
Regulator’s report could become government guide
Proposals include limiting contracts to three years, and dropping requirements for free-to-air coverage and clubs' permission for television matches.
Clouds gather over Infront’s expected adviser victory
Juventus plans legal action to overturn hiring of agency by Lega Calcio
World Cup fight goes the distance
ESS wins after four rounds of bidding
Euro 2008 cock-up could prove costly
“We will be having words. [It is] the most annoying cock-up imaginable.” Dieter Gruschwitz, ZDF director of sport, reacts to the partial blackout of the Germany-Turkey semi-final. N
Referral of ‘routine’ case may prompt TV rights revolution
European Court will hear argument that territorial exclusivity is a barrier to the free movement of goods and services
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: World Cup, Champions League, Norwegian deal
Football: German commercial broadcaster RTL sublicensed a package of nine 2010 Fifa World Cup matches from pay-television operator Premiere, with an option to purchase a further nine matches.