Football
Has Globo finally met its match with Record bid?
Italy approves much-altered law on central sales
Top football deal fuels Israeli sports channel battle
New rights an enticement for Sports Channel subscribers to switch to Charlton
TV RIGHTS CLIPS: FOOTBALL DEALS
Football: Spanish pay-television broadcaster Sogecable acquired the pay-rights for the Champions League in a three-year deal from the 2006-07 to 2008-09 with the Team agency
Regional league is a knock-out for SBS channels
French channels in second bids for Champions TV
Uefa heads for strategy clash with clubs
Serie A clubs finally break away
Sportfive to sue Russian TV
Look, no collusion, says Italy. But will competition last?
Czech winner in threat to pull out of TV rights deal
Czech Television acquired the rights for the Gambrinus Liga, but it is threatening to pull out of the deal unless the football association tackles new corruption accusations.
Olympiacos deal changes structure of TV football
The decision of Greek league champions Olympiacos to sell its television rights to public-service broadcaster ERT has led to a radical re-alignment of the rights for the country’s top football league.
New-media poses threat to NetMed sports dominance
Greek monopoly pay-operator NetMed Hellas is facing a challenge from the launch of digital-terrestrial and internet television.
Why mobile needs World Cup
Mobile-phone operators across Europe are pinning their hopes on the World Cup in Germany to give a badly-needed kick-start for the advanced third-generation content they have been marketing for so long.