Football

Rugby Union: French public-service broadcaster France Télévisions acquired the exclusive live rights for European club rugby’s Heineken Cup competition in a four-year deal from 2006-07 to 2009-10

Spanish pay-television operator Sogecable strengthened its grip on the rights for Spanish domestic football

Important questions remain about the constitution of the Premier League’s television-rights packages

ABU failed to draw enough support from its larger members to submit a bid.

German pay-operator Premiere will launch a free-to-air channel only if it wins the main free-to-air highlights rights for the Bundesliga

the German football league is thought likely to win a big increase in rights fees for the live Bundesliga rights

Rai backs up its claim that it struck an in-principle deal with the league

Fifa, world football’s governing body, has drawn up a shortlist of five agencies for the Asian television rights

Rai has made an astonishing attack on the integrity of the Italian football league and its president, Adriano Galliani

Formula One: Formula One Management signed new deals in four of the sport’s major markets, renewing deals in Italy with public-service broadcaster Rai, in Brazil with TV Globo, in Australia with Channel Ten and in Russia signing a deal with a new partner, the RTL-owned Ren TV

The two agencies selling the international television rights for Italian football’s Serie A have brought in about €84 million

The Swiss football league is hoping to replicate the success of some of its European neighbours

The Sportfive agency has begun talks in Italy for the television rights for football’s Euro 2008

Canal Plus’s successful legal challenge against the award of the French League Cup rights to public-service broadcaster France Télévisions could backfire

Sogecable is likely to keep its stranglehold on Primera Liga pay-television rights in new deals next summer

Premier League Offering