Football
Regulator has to accept Canal Plus signing all clubs
And how the bidding was supposed to go...
FA sponsor: This is the trade-off we prefer
Pepsi claim they are not getting the coverage they bought, say they will speak to FA
Why only UK raised its TV fees for Euro Cup
Limited competition and lack of a powerful, willing pay-TV operator leads to hefty falls in rights fees in big Euro markets
Why Sky let BBC take all England’s home matches
Tender document suggested FA was prepared to 'sacrifice its principles',
How Irish FA changed its deals
Pay-television company BSkyB paid €7.5 million for the exclusive live-rights for all Ireland’s home internationals – friendlies and qualifiers for Euro 2004 and the 2006 World Cup.
Irish FA asks state to repay Sky’s lost exclusivity cash
The Football Association of Ireland is demanding compensation of €2 million (£1.44 million) from the Irish government.
Berlusconi is double champion
Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi won twice over in this year’s Champions League.
Rai’s anger with EBU linked to winter Olympics
Italian state broadcaster threats to renege on agreed contribution to Euro 2004 cost
Brussels aims to let Sky win only half top TV games
The European Commission is demanding that England’s Premier League sells its main live rights in two packages with the same number of games and with matches of equal merit.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1:Olympics, football, squash and more
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.
Top TV Sports programmes in Europe
Qualifying matches for football’s European Championship next year dominated the April charts in TV Sports Markets monthly survey.
EC pushes for near-live showing of Premier games
Senior UK government officials are to lobby the European Commission to accept the Premier League’s collective selling of television rights.
Poland fights over Premier-style for autonomy
Poland’s top two football clubs are in dispute with smaller league clubs and the national football association over the proposed structure of a new Polish football league.
Italian bids box Uefa into corner
Uefa has been negotiating a deal for the Champions League rights with Mediaset for more than eight months.
Aigner is ‘right’ about Italy, but cartel claim ‘won’t help’
Sports rights-holders and agencies this week backed claims that there is next to no competition among Italian broadcasters for rights.
Premier TV viewing on a high
Television audiences for English football’s Premier League and FA Cup both rose substantially this season,
Who will pay for EC’s big ‘error’ over Premier League?
Too late for EC to take action over concerns about a BSkyB monopoly?
Lewis fight is winner for HBO
The fight between WBC heavyweight boxing champion Lennox Lewis and Ukrainian Vitali Klitschko was watched by 4