Football
Sportfive signs up Israel, Belgium
Ligue 1 future will not be Orange, say analysts
French pay-television operator Canal Plus should remain confident of winning the rights it wants for top-tier Ligue 1 football
Ratings lead lands low-bidding Ten Champions League
Ten Sports present position as India’s most-watched sports channel played a major role in its acquisition of the Indian sub-continent rights for the Champions League.
Play-offs another step towards collective selling
Struggling SIC could fight back with football
New pay-operators to boost rights bids
SingTel plans to launch a pay-television service at the end of the year.
Parallel tenders to boost value of Uefa club rights
Turkey and the Middle East are likely to set down impressive markers for the rest of the market.
Operators lose, now they face tough talks with winner BSkyB
The UK’s five main mobile-telephone operators may come to seriously regret failing to win the mobile-clips rights of English football’s Premier League.
Sogecable warns agency: We don’t need Barça games
Battle lines are being drawn up in Spain over the television rights for domestic football’s Primera Liga.
League ponders new packages to kick-off pay-battle
How World Cup smashed viewing records in Europe
Television viewing for the 2006 World Cup in Germany smashed viewing records in several countries in Europe and elsewhere.
Rivals react to Sky growth with new football offers
BSkyB subscribers increase by 77,000 as last quarter sees pay-television growth in three of five European markets
Sheikh takes strategic stake in Asian agency
Doing well should lift TV fees
World Cup winners Italy could get a 20-per-cent increase in television-rights fees.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Euro 2008, Danish, Irish and French football
Rai rapped for mini-spots again
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Golf, football, horseracing, basketball and more
Golf: UK pay-broadcaster Setanta acquired the rights to the US PGA Tour in a six-year deal, from 2007 to 2012.