Football
FA looks for ways to keep up value of TV rights
The Football Association is considering making many more FA Cup games available for pay-television in its next round of rights deals.
Champions rights deal based on how club performs
Team is close to agreeing a deal with SRG in which the rights fee is linked to the qualification and progress of Swiss teams.
Juve and Milan join growing news-access legal battle
Juventus and AC Milan are set to take legal action to prevent Italian mobile phone company Tim from using images of their home matches in its mobile phone services.
Top TV Sports programmes in Europe
With European football taking its mid-season break, the TV Sports Markets European survey for January shows top winter sports events dominating the tables.
Few viewers rush to see Eurosport save Serie A
British Eurosport attracted an average audience of 42,000 for the live coverage of its first six matches from Italian football’s Serie A.
Court to rule whether 3G sports rights are now valueless
A case being heard in an Italian court late this week could have huge implications for the value of 3G mobile-phone rights for sport.
Now all Socceroos have to do is find opponents and win
The performance of Australia’s national football team will be a key factor in determining whether the resurgence of Soccer Australia.
How the strong get stronger from secret TV deals
Bayern Munich’s secret television deal with the now-defunct Kirch Gruppe may be the most dramatic example of an unorthodox rights deal but it is merely the tip of the iceberg.
Uefa may have to take huge cuts in German TV fees
Lack of competition among German broadcasters could lead to Uefa taking at least a 50-per-cent cut in television rights income from its next Champions League deal.
Big boost for internet sport but should TV be running it?
The launch of British Sky Broadcasting’s broadband internet site showing same-day highlights of World Cup Cricket has provided a major boost for the UK broadband market.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football, squash, cycling and more
Audiovisual Sport, the football rights-holding company for Spain’s two main pay-television companies, said it valued the rights of all 20 clubs in the Primera Liga at €200m a season, 25 per cent less tha…
Rai national team deal could be loser for federation
The Italian football federation has vigorously defended what appears to be a very poor television deal with state broadcaster Rai.
EBU broadcasters may be hit hard in battle with Brussels
EC believes bigger EBU broadcasters do not need collective-buying power framework
League under club pressure to do the impossible
Richard Scudamore is caught in a quandary about how and when to go out to tender for the next round of the league’s television rights.
Timing bad for league’s defence of rights deal
Several industry observers believe that the time is particularly good for the Premier League to defend its exclusive, centrally-sold television deals.
Sky football deal safe from new law
The Irish Government is to abandon plans to use listed-events legislation retrospectively to strike down BSkyB’s deal for the matches of the national football team.
Top Italian clubs in push for breakaway super league
Italy’s top clubs are to push for the creation of a breakaway superleague, along the lines of England’s Premier League.