Football
World Cup Asia fees keep rising
Singapore, Malaysia and the Indian sub-continent and likely to be the next Asian territories to sign television rights deals for football’s World Cup
Al Jazeera wins Middle East crown with record Uefa deal
Al Jazeera Sport’s record-breaking television-rights deal last week for European club competitions marks a new era in the Middle East
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Euro 2008 host country deal and other football
Football: Austrian public-service broadcaster ORF acquired the rights for all 31 matches of the Euro 2008 tournament in a deal worth €10m (£7m).
Telco sale delays Liga tapping into free TV rivalry
PT Multimedia to sell premium sports channel Sport TV
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Ligue 1, Ekstraklasa, Euro 2008 and others
Football: France’s Ligue de Football Professionnel agreed new deals for top-tier Ligue 1.
Numéricâble offers new sports TV mix
Competitive sport to be mixed with content for families
Listed events blow for pay-TV as Euro matches protected
Rights-seller Pitch International would prefer to see the match go untelevised rather than set a “dangerous precedent” of accepting a poor offer
Ambitious Silva wants to be in agency elite in three years
Agency is close to deals for basketball and motorsport, plans aggressive bids for French and German football
Kirch returns and EM.Sport grows for Bundesliga bid
EM.Sport acquisitions cover rights management, production, distribution
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