Football
Canal Plus starts post-merger era with paltry bid
Czech TV loses rights after Prima surprise bid
Versatel’s ADSL football plans are ‘too optimistic’
SBS wins Holland rights with bonus but no tender
Dutch, Belgian pay-TV copes with no top football
Aggressive Setanta faces hard task to win Premier place
De Mol ‘in talks to buy’ Dutch SBS
Collapse of 2006 deal blamed on new TVP caution
RTR raises fee
EC ‘should not interfere too much’
NHK cuts will hit Dentsu
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Commonwealth Games: UK public-service broadcaster the BBC acquired the rights to the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne in a deal with the Fastrack agency, which is selling the rights on behalf of the organisers.
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Cricket: Indian public-service broadcaster Doordarshan was awarded the domestic rights to the upcoming India v Pakistan series by the Madras High Court, which was ruling on the case brought by Indian broadcaster Zee Telefilms.
Dutch are offered Serie A live, free and only on web
Dutch commercial broadcaster Talpa is showing matches from Italy’s Serie A league its website.
Swedish screens stay blank as talks over fees stall
Swedish football fans have been presented with a near television black-out of the Allvenskan, the country’s top football league.
Power struggle threatens TV deals
A civil war between two powerful factions in Russian football’s Premier League could threaten the league’s television-rights deals.
Kloiber challenges for top sports rights in Austria
EBU bid excludes top four
The EBU bid for football’s 2010 World Cup does not represent members in four of Europe’s top five markets