Football
German clubs say Champions award will hit sponsors
German pay-broadcaster Premiere’s exclusive deal for Champions League pay-television and free-to-air live rights has angered the beaten free-channels, which were taken by surprise, and the clubs, which are worried about losing sponsorship money.
Turkish channel wins two big deals for sports debut
Turkish commercial broadcaster ATV has surprised the country’s television sports industry by spending $21 million (£11.4 million/€16.7 million) in five days on two major football properties
Premiere goes for wonder double to boost free channel
Premiere, the German pay-television operator which is soon to launch a free-to-air channel, will fight hard to bring off a remarkable double this autumn
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Football: Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset acquired Serie A highlights rights in a three-year deal
Lega Calcio set for 56% increase in TV rights fees
Adriano Galliani vindicated by 56-per-cent increase on the value of last season’s rights
ART bids high for World Cup in Middle East duel
Satellite-pay broadcaster Arab Radio and Television is understood to have submitted a bid of more than
TV deals for top league have get-out options
The Israeli Football Association has agreed three deals for the rights for the Israeli Premier League starting in the forthcoming season
Why World Cup rights will be a hard sell in Israel
Israeli pay-per-view company and agency Charlton has started talks with companies in the Israeli market
Slow start for TV phone services
The Dutch and Belgian domestic football leagues, whose pioneering television-rights deals with telecom companies started this month, have begun their seasons with the bulk of live matches accessible to only a handful of intrepid subscribers
Big-cash strategic bids become a thing of the past
The big-money strategic bids of German commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 for top sports rights are a thing of the past
Germany unlikely to pay big fees
Uefa and the Team agency may struggle to achieve big increases in rights fees for the Champions League in Germany
FRANCE PAYS 20% MORE FOR EURO CUP
The Team agency secured rights-fee increases of an overall 20 per cent or so for the Champions League rights in France
RTL in shock World Cup victory in Hungary
Commercial broadcaster RTL Klub snatched the Hungarian rights for the 2006 World Cup
Bartering helps NOS replace loss
Dutch public-service broadcaster NOS has filled the gaping hole in its schedule with two top foreign football leagues
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Football: Jamaican commercial broadcaster CVM TV sublicensed rights for the 2010 and 2014 World Cup competitions from Caribbean sports cable operator SportsMax
BSkyB’s monopoly ends on losing viewing streak
Average live English Premier League audience lowest since 2001-02
League wants free-TV deal, but has no power
Domestic league does not control its own rights, and pay-TV coverage is pushing fans towards free-to-air European football
New rights deal thwarts Telefonica
Torneos and Clarín give in to demand for big fee increase