Football
World Cup viewing falls. India needed better reach, Russia needed to qualify
The 2006 football World Cup attracted average audiences in India of 976,000 viewers per match.
World Cup adds pay-subscribers for Sogecable
World Cup coverage helped Spanish pay-television operator Sogecable to add new subscribers in the second-quarter of the year.
Asia fees up despite ‘Eurocentric’ Uefa
Sportfive has agreed deals in key South East Asian markets, including Malaysia and Indonesia
Rare Premier League win for NTL
Cable-operator NTL is understood to have beaten off strong competition from BSkyB to win Premier League internet clip rights.
Israel opts out of TV deals to win big fee increases
The Israeli Football Association generated a good increase in television-rights fees for the domestic football league.
Platini’s U-turn helps Rai but will Sky play ball?
Uefa executive permits state broadcaster Rai to sub-license Euro 2008 matches from Sky Italia
Six Nations: a step too far for ITV?
Surprise decision not to bid aggressively for 'perfect fit' rights
Asian, African bids help English FA triple global fees
Asian fees alone likely to exceed £40 million
Both rivals claim victory but Spain’s football war goes on
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
La Liga global threat averted
Global TV wants compensation for disrupted feed
New Greek league aims return to central selling
Greek football’s top professional football clubs are planning a return to collective selling of their commercial rights.
Kirch’s empire strikes back but is DFL deal guaranteed?
League claims deal will earn clubs €3 billion, but only €450 million has been guaranteed so far
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Ice skating, ice hockey, boxing, futsal and more
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…
Clubs won’t stop rights law
Four of Italy’s biggest football clubs have joined forces to block the government bill to impose the collective selling of television rights.
Talks in chaos as Eredivisie prays it is third-time lucky
Dutch football’s top-tier league, the Eredivisie, is in need of a miracle to avoid a cut in revenue
Serie A TV partner must make €1bn ‘no-risk’ guarantee
Lega Calcio, the Italian football league, has told the sports rights agencies and merchant banks bidding to handle the next round of media-rights sales that they must bring in at least €1 billion (£750 million) a year
Round 1 to Dogan but Turkish Uefa Cup battle rages on
Turkish media group Doğan will pay at least a 33-per-cent increase on its present deal for the Uefa Champions League