Football

Football: Spanish agency Mediapro made a seven-year offer worth €1.19bn (£815m), or €170m a season, for the television rights to Spanish Primera Liga club Real Madrid covering the seasons from 2008-09 to 2014-15.

Uefa Cup's declining popularity puts off mainstream broadcasters, Conto TV steps in with rights purchase

Commercial broadcaster pays €2 million per season for Euroleague rights

The 2006 football World Cup attracted average audiences in India of 976,000 viewers per match.

World Cup coverage helped Spanish pay-television operator Sogecable to add new subscribers in the second-quarter of the year.

Sportfive has agreed deals in key South East Asian markets, including Malaysia and Indonesia

Cable-operator NTL is understood to have beaten off strong competition from BSkyB to win Premier League internet clip rights.

The Israeli Football Association generated a good increase in television-rights fees for the domestic football league.

Uefa executive permits state broadcaster Rai to sub-license Euro 2008 matches from Sky Italia

Surprise decision not to bid aggressively for 'perfect fit' rights

Asian fees alone likely to exceed £40 million

Court orders return to last season's system for televising La Liga - one match on La Sexta, one match on Canal Plus, remaining matches on PPV

Global TV wants compensation for disrupted feed

Greek football’s top professional football clubs are planning a return to collective selling of their commercial rights.

League claims deal will earn clubs €3 billion, but only €450 million has been guaranteed so far

Ice Skating: The European Broadcasting Union acquired the rights for the World and European Championships and other events in a four-year deal with the International Skating Union, the sport's world governing…