Football

The switch-over in Finland from analogue to digital-terrestrial television transmission could shake up the country’s “quiet and closed” sports-rights market.

Cycling: French public-service broadcaster France Télévisions renewed its deal for the Tour de France.

Bidding for the traditional free-to-air highlights rights for French football’s Ligue 1 is unlikely to be too competitive

The Sportfive agency has agreed deals for Euro 2008 in Israel and Flemish-speaking Belgium

French pay-television operator Canal Plus should remain confident of winning the rights it wants for top-tier Ligue 1 football

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.

Top-tier Greek football hopes play-offs will boost television rights revenue

A change of personnel at Portuguese commercial broadcaster SIC could lead to the channel bidding aggressively for sport again

SingTel plans to launch a pay-television service at the end of the year.

Turkey and the Middle East are likely to set down impressive markers for the rest of the market.

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.

Battle lines are being drawn up in Spain over the television rights for domestic football’s Primera Liga.

Changed package structure required if Eredivisie is to get increased fees

Television viewing for the 2006 World Cup in Germany smashed viewing records in several countries in Europe and elsewhere.

BSkyB subscribers increase by 77,000 as last quarter sees pay-television growth in three of five European markets

Sheikh Saleh Kamel, owner of Middle-East pay-broadcaster Arab Radio and Television, is to acquire a stake in the Asia-based World Sport Group agency