Football
Euro costs the world
European rights fees for Euro 2008 reach same level as those paid for 2006 World Cup
TVP could miss out on Euro 2008
A sublicensing deal between Polish commercial broadcaster Polsat and public-service broadcaster TVP over Euro 2008 rights is in danger of falling through
Serie A fees rise, but big jump must wait for next time
MP & Silva, Sportfive and Rai Trade agencies estimated to have brought in about €100 million overall for 2007-08 season
Consortia bidding takes Polish league to new heights
Polish football’s top-tier domestic league, the Ekstraklasa, signed the country’s largest-ever sports-rights deal last week
Bank gives little comfort for Kirch
Banker’s letter of comfort produced last week by Leo Kirch in support of his deal for German football’s Bundesliga rights
Honours even as Canal Plus, Orange share Ligue 1 spoils
New rights deals agreed late this week by the Ligue de Football Professionnel for French football’s top-tier Ligue 1
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Premier League, Serie A football, Formula One
Football: The English Premier League sold the rights for its internet and mobile clips packages to various companies worldwide for the three years from 2007-08 to 2009-10, bringing in about $40m (£20m/€29m).
Old-timer BSkyB puts pressure on newcomer Setanta
Setanta attracts average of 373,000 for first five live Premier League matches
FA tender to ignite ‘platform wars’ and double fees
Platform-specific packages aimed at pitting broadcasters against mobile and internet operators for new media rights
Financial war breaks out over La Liga rights
Sogecable suing Mediapro for €200 million for “pirating” the signal to four matches
Serie A the latest victim of colluding Japanese market
Top value Serie A rights sold in one-year deals - total rights fee looks set to fall
Showtime eyes Premier profits
Middle-East pay-broadcaster on course to break-even after adding 35,000 new subscribers in a month
Channels to bid for top rights in fight for survival
New deals for top-tier domestic football and Formula One to play important role in shaping future of the market
Ad growth drives new media
English Premier League to receive £74 million over three years from sale of mobile and internet clip rights
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: More football, handball, basketball and ice hockey
Football: Swiss pay-television broadcaster Teleclub acquired the live rights for all matches in Germany’s Bundesliga 1 and Bundesliga 2 in a one-year sublicensing deal with German pay-broadcaster Premiere.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Olympics, Fifa, Italian, Brazilian, English football
Olympics: Hong Kong pay-television broadcaster I-Cable Communications acquired the new media rights for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and all media rights for the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver and…
Spanish rivalry continues to fuel rights-fee boom
Sogecable pays more for Serie A rights after MP & Silva drop plan to work with Mediapro
Serie A agency sues Arena over broken promise
MP & Silva suing over collapsed negotiations for €7 million three-year deal, makes complaint to German anti-trust authority