Football
TV Rights Deals 1: Champions League, World Cup, Bundesliga and more
Murdoch’s Sky Italia all set to be king of the market
Televisa delivers ‘punch with gloves on’ to Univision
FASTRACK
Eurosport gets DFL off to flying start
Cooling market blows hot for Formula One and football
Top sports rights-holders Uefa and Formula One Management have achieved good rights-fee increases in Scandinavia.
TV Rights Deals 1: Formula One, Serie A and more
Cricket: Pan-Asian broadcaster ESPN Star Sports acquired the rights for Twenty20’s cricket’s Champions League.
New government pressures Rai to drop sports rights swap with Sky
The rights-exchange deal between Italian state broadcaster Rai and satellite operator Sky Italia covering the football World Cups of 2010 and 2014 and the Olympic Games of 2010 and 2012 is under threat.
Pay-TV growth slashes Serie A highlights value
The Italian football league suffered a drop of more than 50 per cent in the value of its free-to-air highlights rights after failing to generate competition between broadcasters.
Bernie break clause opens door to Asian TV riches
Pan-regional broadcaster ESPN Star Sports increased rights fees five-fold to retain its hold on Formula One rights in Asia.
TV RIGHTS DEALS 2: Greece, Cycling, MotoGP and more
TV RIGHTS DEALS 1: Greece, Israel, World Cup Qualifiers and more
Rai votes 4-3 in favour of sports rights swap with Sky
Plug pulled on doomed Kirch deal
Canal Plus makes profit on Ligue 1 international rights
Canal Plus Events will generate about €18.5 million (£14.5 million) from the sale of international rights for Ligue 1.
GolTV launch casts further shadows over Digital Plus sale
Record Romanian deal at risk in row over reach
Romanian commercial broadcaster Antena is resisting pressure to sublicense two weekly matches to a rival channel.