Football
TV is our job, not yours, TV chiefs tell French league
Thiriez, LFP president, defends investigation into viability of league channel
Premier League lifts viewing by 120,000 a game
Television audiences for BSkyB live coverage of first 12 matches
Australia likely to de-list overseas cricket tours
Not enough free-to-air coverage could result in delisting pushed for by Foxtel
Need for ‘radical US-style franchise’
But with no risk on the pitch for clubs, would fans believe in a bespoke, invitation-only league?
Top clubs will get more power and cash in Europe
Clubs want a joint venture between themselves and Uefa to run the commercial side of club competitions
Man Utd bids for 242 games
BSkyB, ITV, Telewest also bid
Row over Barca’s midnight match
Spanish Primera Liga football club Barcelona and Audiovisual Sport, which manages football rights on behalf of pay-television operator Sogecable, are threatening each other with legal action
Scandinavia plan for super league
The national football federations of Sweden, Norway and Denmark are planning to form a Scandinavian Super League
France considers league channel
The French Ligue de Football Professionnel set up a working party, led by Michèle Cotta, former president of France Télévisions, to look at the possibility of launching its own football channel.
SportA survives, but ISPR is still on danger list
Suitors put off by fact agency may not see a return on many of its deals for a long time
Infront must cut Bundesliga price, renew World Cup
Agency likely to renew deal for loss-making Bundesliga content
Saban set to take Sat.1 to war with leader RTL
Live sports rights are a priority
Premiere will struggle to reach 4 million target
Chief Executive Kofler's restructuring programme has turned company around
Germany could be engine room of Europe’s TV rights market
Kirch’s dominance in market and its aggressive acquisition strategy “stymied and stifled competition”
How Kirch’s main sports assets found new owners
Kirch’s main sports assets find new owners, but not ISPR
Breakaway league moves closer
Serie A clubs working towards "English model", Serie B clubs fear financial repercussions
How EC might push changes on Premier League
If commission finds BSkyB rivals did not bid because packages were too large, it could tell league to re-tender rights
Greek clubs set for 20%-plus cut
Pay-TV operator NetMed has offered three-year, €7 million per year deal