Football
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football, rugby union, rugby league, volleyball
Rights-holders form a scrum in crowded market
Champions League, Football League, Rugby League and Rugby World Cup properties on the market in next few weeks
Dogan wins close race for Uefa Cup
RTL will have to fight in crowded market
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Euro 2008, US, Spanish and Italian football
Football: Romanian public-service broadcaster TVR acquired the rights for all 31 matches of the Euro 2008 tournament in a deal with the Sportfive agency.
Champions League newcomers’ early viewing success
The opening two matchweeks of football’s Champions League have got good audiences for the competition’s new rights holders.
Kloiber sets Uefa Euro 2008 teaser
The Sportfive agency is facing a dilemma in its Euro 2008 television rights negotiations in Austria.
RTL goes back to the future as new Ufa takes on Sportfive
TV RIGHTS CLIPS: football, cricket, F1, MotoGP, golf and others
Football League hopes for another TV gold rush
Canal Plus offer complicates global Ligue 1 tender
Will US football finally kick off? TV thinks so
Major League Soccer will bring in rights fees of about $18.5 million a year from next season, an indication of television’s growing faith in the sport.
Mexico set to revamp league and push TV
The election of a new president of Mexico’s football association will move forward the implementation of a four-year plan to professionalise the game.
Sevilla finally signs but has still to end black-out
Spanish Primera Liga football club Sevilla finally agreed a television rights deal this week, five weeks into the start of the season.
Kabel Deutschland retreats from pay-TV rights war
German cable operator Kabel Deutschland says that it is no longer interested in acquiring content rights.
Uefa starts revamp talks, but can it keep top clubs onside?
Uefa is in talks with clubs, leagues and football associations about a possible overhaul of European club competitions.