Football
Serie A clubs in breakaway move
Talks between Serie A and B on mutuality payments will dictate timing of split
Gioco Calcio close to collapse
Two founding clubs in rights negotiations with Sky
Sky Italia calls for more exclusivity and lower fees
Calls for reduction in free-to-air highlights
Saban goes for Bundesliga in bid to take over pay-TV
A successful bid could spell the end for Premiere
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Rugby league, motorcycling, golf, tennis
Football: UK commercial broadcaster ITV said that it was interested in acquiring a package of eight live Premier League matches a season from satellite broadcaster British Sky Broadcasting as long as the…
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football, horseracing, Formula 1 and more
Football: Portuguese state broadcaster RTP completed the sublicensing of 19 of the 31 matches in this year’s football European Championship to rival commercial broadcasters SIC and TVI (TV Sports Markets 7…
TV: Why Brussels is wrong over new-media threat
Broadcasters see internet as increasingly part of the same market as television.
Agencies ask if Champions League bidding is for real
TWI threatens not to bid without assurances from Uefa that tender process genuine
Greece ups price and agrees immediate deal
Favourable European time zone means increased fee
Host-nation Germany still hasn’t agreed deal
Huge difference in valuations indicate that a deal with ARD and ZDF for all 40 matches is unlikely
Second Euro time-buy for F1
Poland's TV4 purchases rights - BMW, Allianz and Castrol pay the fee
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Olympics, horseracing, football and more
Olympics:Â The International Olympic Committee will start a tendering process in March for the sale of television rights in Europe to the 2010 Olympics and beyond.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Ice hockey, cycling, football and more
Ice hockey: US broadcasters ABC and ESPN, which are seeking to renew a five-year deal with the National Hockey League, are said to have offered only about half the $120m (£66m/€94m) a year they now pa…
RTL builds cable overflow service for sports rights
Football rights to be used to transform cable entertainment channel into a sports channel
Sky Italia faces probe over sale of broadband rights
New media content reseller wants a 50 per cent discount on retail price of Sky channels
State broadcaster launches summer sports channel
Temporary channel to cover Olympics and Euro 2004
Brussels wants to stop EBU buying new-media rights
Details of EC opposition to the EBU's rights-buying
France backs monopoly bids
Government decree to pave way for Canal Plus bid