Football
Delicate political game of choosing partners and winning
A joint-bid from Canal Plus and Telenor comfortably won the Premier League rights in the Nordic region after much less competition than was expected.
Now for the Hong Kong pay-TV killer blow
PCCW looks to have delivered a killer blow in the battle to dominate the local pay-television market by snatching the Premier League rights from rival I-Cable TV.
Showtime picks stunned rivals off floor in bid for deal
Pay-television operator Showtime is talking to rival broadcasters in the Middle East, Al Jazeera Sport and ART, after outbidding them for Premier League rights.
Premier League heading for $1bn fees from rest of world
English football’s Premier League began its international audiovisual rights sales in dramatic style with massive first-round awards in three of its most competitive markets.
Smaller clubs set to cash in as Uefa centralises rights
Sky cements prime position as TVNZ loses Olympics
Sportfive: We’ll prove our worth in competitive market
TV RIGHTS 1: World Cup, Euro 2008, F1, golf, cricket and more
Football: SBS International, the acquisition arm of Korean private free-to-air broadcaster SBS, acquired the rights for all Fifa events from 2007 to 2014, including the 2010 and 2014 World Cups.
How real is shock bid for Madrid?
A bid for the television rights of Primera Liga club Real Madrid by regional public-service broadcaster Telemadrid has been greeted with scepticism in Spain.
IMG set to bid for world Premier
The IMG agency is to submit a global bid for the English Premier League’s international rights
Deal agreed ‘under political pressure’
Uefa, European football’s governing body, has agreed a deal for Euro 2008 rights with Austrian public-service broadcaster ORF.
Exit ambitious media group, hit by high rights fees
The Nordic free-to-air television landscape is set for another shift in ownership power with the exit of Norwegian media group Schibsted.
Breakaway channels pose dilemma for state TV
Scandinavia’s three main commercial broadcasters have broken away from a wider free-to-air consortium to bid as a separate group for football’s Euro 2008 rights
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Football, basketball, rugby union, skiing and more
Football: Polish pay-television operator Canal Plus acquired the main package of Serie A rights for the three years from 2007-08 to 2009-10 in a deal with the Media Partners and Silva agency.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Olympics, skiing, tennis, motorsport and more
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Olympics, baseball, golf, Aussie Rules and more
Olympics: The Arab States Broadcasting Union, representing the region's free-to-air broadcasters, acquired the rights for the 2012 Olympic Games in London in a deal worth $21m (£11m/€16.7m) with the International Olympic Committee.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Euro 2008, Premier League, African leagues
Audiovisual Sport faces court threats over rights selling
Primera Liga rights-holding company Audiovisual Sport could face two legal challenges complaining about the way it handles the sale of the league’s television rights.