Football
Spain approves new listed events
The Spanish Sports Broadcasting Council approved a final draft of listed sports events that are to be protected for free-to-air television
Football ‘will never be the same’
The annual report on football finance from accountants Deloitte & Touche shows that English football generates more money than any other European League
Eredivisie loses joint-selling appeal
The Dutch competition authority, the Nederlandse Mededingingsautoriet, rejected an appeal by the Eredivisie, the country’s top football league, in confirming an earlier ruling which said the joint selling o…
3G operator calls for voluntary code to end access row
Tim asked MP Web to broker deal between rights-holders, agencies, 3G operators
Change in law will give top French clubs more power
Clubs allowed to include rights as assets on their balance sheets
Greek football season faces delay
12 of 16 first division clubs are yet to agree deals
Sogecable waits for Spanish clubs to break solidarity
If G30 splits, Sogecable will move for Primera Liga club rights
League channel faces splits and need for cash
Channel struggling to attract external investment and facing an aggressive opponent in Sky
Sky can still beat rivals
In breaking down its “bronze package” of 62 Saturday games into two packages of 31 games, the Premier League has increased slightly the chances of a terrestrial broadcaster winning some live rights. T
League splits packages
The Premier League made two changes to its initial packaging of rights. The first split the third package of 62 third-choice live Saturday games, played at either 1pm or 5.
New broadband rights may not satisfy Brussels
Broadband operators could complain to Commission on grounds that they cannot acquire exclusive content
Uefa told to change rules on club sales of Euro Cup rights
Clubs must be allowed to sell rights to free-to-air channels
Bundesliga may not be good model for UK, as EC claims
Commission formally approves Uefa changes to Champions League rights sales, praises DFL tender
Sports channel, by Al-Jazeera
Channel to be broadcast free via satellite throughout Middle East
Spanish league faces month delay
The Spanish football league season could be delayed by over a month after the G-30 group of clubs, consisting of eight Primera Liga clubs and all 22 Segunda Liga clubs, renewed a threat to delay the start…
Uefa Cup revamp to ‘double TV fees’
Uefa, European football’s governing body, agreed to revamp the Uefa Cup format from the 2004-05 season.
RTP set to sell stake in pay-TV sports channel
Sportinveste and PT Multimedia likely to buy
Regulator has to accept Canal Plus signing all clubs
And how the bidding was supposed to go...