Football
Sponsors cover Serie A gamble
Italian football declining in popularity in the UK
Slow growth keeps Liga off mobiles
Discounted new media rights still on shelf after a year
World Cup fees tripling as Asia boom continues
I-Cable pays out to keep crucial content as battle with PCCW continues
Valcke makes Fifa comeback
Suspended Head of Television and Marketing back to work as Fifa continue restructuring
Ligue’s five-year plan to lure telecom bidders
League appeals to competition authorities for permission to sell rights for five years
Canal Plus pays high fee for Serie A
Price forced up by competition from TV4, who buy the rights in Sweden for two seasons
Fifa attracts $4.5bn TV fees for next two World Cups
Deals made directly with broadcasters boost earnings
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football, winter sports and Formula One
Football: French commercial broadcasters TF1 and M6 confirmed their joint acquisition of the rights for Euro 2008, in a €100m (£68m) deal brokered by the Sportfive agency.Â
Bore draws stall FA Cup renaissance
Average audiences fall marginally for both BBC and BSkyB
How FA’s tough line backfired
Belgian FA accepts offer for rights lower than bid rejected last year
TV RIGHTS CLIP 1: Fifa’s US deal, other football, basketball
Football: US Disney-owned broad-casters ABC and ESPN, and Spanish-language broadcaster Univision, acquired the rights to all Fifa events from 2007 to 2014, including the 2010 and 2014 World Cups, in deals worth a total of $425m (£239m/€351m).
League football ends free-to-air
federation agreed a deal for the cup rights with pay-television operator Digitürk
EBU may fight for internationals
The European Broadcasting Union, the umbrella organisation of public-service broadcasters, is considering a radical strategy to help its members secure top football content
Tempting deals for Spanish TV
Major rights to be put on the negotiating table
Complex tender lists 233 options
The Bundesliga has created a complex request for tenders offering 233 options over 150 pages
Bundesliga offers 233 options
German football’s Bundesliga has created a television-rights tender-offer in such a way that it will reach its target of €400-million-a-year
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Formula One, cricket and football
Formula One: French commercial broadcaster TF1 renewed its deal for Formula One, paying a significant increase.
Mediaset refuses to pay €45 million in exclusivity row
Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset has threatened to reduce its payment for Serie A highlights