Football
ABU fails to win support for bid
ABU failed to draw enough support from its larger members to submit a bid.
Free-TV is based on winning league
German pay-operator Premiere will launch a free-to-air channel only if it wins the main free-to-air highlights rights for the Bundesliga
Extra exclusivity will help Premiere and Bundesliga
the German football league is thought likely to win a big increase in rights fees for the live Bundesliga rights
Rai’s blow-by-blow story of what happened in league talks
Rai backs up its claim that it struck an in-principle deal with the league
Dentsu leads Asian shortlist
Fifa, world football’s governing body, has drawn up a shortlist of five agencies for the Asian television rights
Rai attacks ‘bad faith and illicit action’ of Italian league
Rai has made an astonishing attack on the integrity of the Italian football league and its president, Adriano Galliani
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Formula One, football, others
Formula One: Formula One Management signed new deals in four of the sport’s major markets, renewing deals in Italy with public-service broadcaster Rai, in Brazil with TV Globo, in Australia with Channel Ten and in Russia signing a deal with a new partner, the RTL-owned Ren TV
Agency split of Serie A foreign rights hits TV fees
The two agencies selling the international television rights for Italian football’s Serie A have brought in about €84 million
Swiss league’s fee demands are ‘wishful thinking’
The Swiss football league is hoping to replicate the success of some of its European neighbours
Italian TV will fight asking price for Euro 2008
The Sportfive agency has begun talks in Italy for the television rights for football’s Euro 2008
Why Canal Plus legal victory could be a big mistake
Canal Plus’s successful legal challenge against the award of the French League Cup rights to public-service broadcaster France Télévisions could backfire
TV rivals are not ready to challenge Sogecable’s grip
Sogecable is likely to keep its stranglehold on Primera Liga pay-television rights in new deals next summer
Premier’s Brussels deal
Premier League Offering
Premier League set to gain from new rights regime
The English Premier League is almost certain to bring in more money from its next round of domestic rights sales
Rai sues Lega Calcio over award of Serie A rights
Italian state broadcaster Rai has surprised the domestic television and sports market by sticking to its threat
Italian U-turn on joint selling
The Italian antitrust authority has made a historic U-turn on the collective selling of television rights
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Skiing, cricket, new media
Skiing: Swiss public-service broadcaster SRG SSR acquired the rights for Swiss World Cup events in a four-year deal, 2007-08 to 2010-11, with the Swiss ski federation
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Africa, World Cup, Serie A
Football: African pay-television broadcaster Supersport acquired the rights for the South African Premier Soccer League, the country’s top-tier football league, in a five-year deal, 2007-08 to 2011-12, w…