Football
TF1 highlights ‘devalued’ by club and pay-TV boost
Bundesliga to stop Premiere access
German football league to block plan by Deutsche Telekom to use Bundesliga internet rights.
Bidders called for five sets of non-live rights
English football’s Premier League has split its non-live coverage rights into five packages.
A dream come true for league?
NTL may bid for four of the six live television rights packages of English football’s Premier League.
Premiere top of united market
Wide-ranging distribution deal agreed with Unity Media
Surprise bidder makes up for no-show channel
Bidding for Polish football league’s television and internet rights has thrown up surprises
Premiere flotation needs to fund next bid for Bundesliga
Premiere dependent on money raised by flotation
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Formula One and more.
Formula 1: Grand Prix Entertainment, a company created by DIC Entertainment and the Wasserman Media Group, acquired Formula 1 rights in the US.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football, Rugby Union
Rugby Union: Sanzar, the umbrella body representing the South African, New Zealand and Australian rugby football unions, agreed a five-year deal with Rupert Murdoch’s News and South African pay- broadcaster Supersport.
Why World Cup tender is devised for big markets
Fifa’s 2010 World Cup European tender in three separate packages
TV rights-holders keep up attacks on league tender
Belgian broadcasters refuse to rule out taking legal action
TV Rights Clips 2: Motorsport, baseball, cricket and new media
TV rights 1: football, golf and Commonwealth Games
AC Milan sells stake in channel
AC Milan has sold its 50 per cent stake in the club's television channel
Serie A clubs say low cost ppv will be disastrous
Clubs from Italy’s Serie A are set for crisis talks
Strange case of Belgian TV option
The Belgian football league’s deal with Belgacom was agreed despite a matching-rights option held by the incumbent broadcasters.
TV fails to make use of options for matching rights
Television broadcasters are having difficulty making use of the matching-rights options they negotiated in earlier contracts.
ADSL ‘too big a risk’ for Fifa, Uefa
Fifa and Uefa have taken on board the convergence of technologies