Football

Two agencies have put in pre-emptive bids for the rights for the top Swedish league and the national football team

Setanta, the pay and pay-per-view company, has emerged as a major player in the UK and Irish markets

The race to win the 2010 World Cup television rights in Europe, outside of the top five markets, has come down to three agencies

The biggest-ever sports-rights deal in the history of Nordic television was agreed late this week

Brazilian and Argentinian world tour friendly matches sold to Japan Sports Marketing

Pan-Asian broadcaster in tough talks over continued distribution of its channels in Thailand, following loss of English Premier League football rights to UBC

EBU membership threatened and other Scandinavian public service broadcasters angered by cost-cutting measures

The television coverage of the World Cup in Germany has come under fire from European broadcasters for being cautious and old-fashioned.

The Infront acquisition of Media Partners is set to be the first in a series of pending big-money deals involving the sale of top sports agencies.

Football World Cup agency Infront is close to acquiring the Milan-based agency Media Partners in a €130 million cash deal.

IMG, recenlty on the acquisition trail itself, could be a future target for French media group

Football: UK commercial operator ITV and pay-broadcaster Setanta acquired the rights for the FA Cup knock-out competition and England national team matches in a four-year, £425m (€623m) deal with the En…

Viewer numbers fall but audience share increases during unseasonably hot weather

Centralisation of Uefa Cup rights leads to doubling of fees revenue

Football: Spanish free-to-air broadcaster Cuatro sublicensed the non-exclusive rights to at least seven matches from the upcoming World Cup from rival broadcaster La Sexta in a deal worth €20m (£14m).

Football’s Champions League final was not the only major sporting event in May to attract good viewing for broadcasters around Europe.

Swedish commercial broadcaster TV4 has acquired a 51-per-cent stake in cable and satellite channel SportExpressen.f

Broadcasters adjusting bidding tactics to beat BBC and BSkyB