Football
Favourite RTP loses hold on league TV rights
Euro champs in demand – for now
Israeli TV pressed to buy rights of national team
The art of buying and selling qualifier rights
New life for 3G from new Premier deal
Murdoch: Relax merger rules
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Cricket, football and German touring cars
Cricket: Indian public-service broadcaster Doordarshan agreed a deal for the terrestrial rights for select matches from International Cricket Council tournaments up until 2007, including 19 matches from the 2007 World Cup and nine from the Champions Trophy this year and in 2006
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Olympics, domestic league football, motorcycling
Olympics: Indonesia’s six main free-to-air broadcasters will not cover the Athens Olympics despite the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union reducing its initial $1.35m (£730,000/€1.1m) asking price, working out at $225,000 for each broadcaster, to $400,000.
G14 may drop Euro-blueprint
UPC to launch sports channel
Charlton wins one deal, but battles with regulator
Israeli commercial broadcaster Channel 10 acquired the rights for one Israeli Premier League football match per week in a sublicensing deal with Israeli pay-per-view company and rights agency Charlton TV.
League hopes changing market will increase fees
Top league clubs take 15% cut in TV rights fees
Channel signals it will become big football player
RTP will buy league rights – but at last moment
Telecom Italia joins battle for Serie A rights
Telecom Italia has taken the country by surprise in challenging for the digital-terrestrial rights for Serie A football.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Cricket, curling and more
Cricket: Asian broadcaster Ten Sports is set to acquire the worldwide rights to international cricket in Sri Lanka in a four-year deal, from 2005 to 2008.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football, athletics, cycling
Football: Turkish state broadcaster TRT signed a four-year sublicensing deal with digital-satellite operator Digitürk for live, delayed and highlights rights for the Super Lig.