Football
Ups and downs of mixed year for UK Sports
UK broadcasters experience a mixed 2005 for television-sport viewing.
Shock German rights award shows old certainties dying
Victory for three small German cable operators in Bundesliga rights battle.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: F1, Asian Games and more
• Formula One: German free-to-air sports broadcaster DSF acquired a package of Formula One rights for the 2007 season.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Euro 2008, football, golf
Football: French commercial broadcasters TF1 and M6 reportedly acquired the rights for football's Euro 2008 in a deal brokered by the Sportfive agency.
Telefónica may seek to end rights stranglehold
Deadlock in Argentine football rights talks could be broken by entry of new player.
France and Israel take tough stance over league rights
English Premier League considers launching own channel in only two territories without a deal.
Premier League overseas rights bring in £660m
NBA renewals to top 2007 world-beaters
Television rights deals with incumbent partners ABC/ESPN and TNT likely to be the most valuable of the year.
Sky football deal was world No.1 for 2006
UK pay-operator’s English Premier League deal was year's largest television sports-rights deal.
Sogecable sweats on football rights court ruling
Spanish pay-TV operator's dominance in football rights market under threat after regulator accuses it of being a monopoly.
UK crown jewels lose sparkle
Television audiences for the UK’s traditional sporting showpieces fall in 2006, according to TV Sports Markets survey.
Modern Times’ Christmas Shopping Spree
Super is no longer only word for African pay-TV
‘Loss of nerve’ leads Octagon to IMG
Lagging Poland and Spain agree World Cup deals
Polish television has agreed a deal for football’s 2006 World Cup after months of negotiations with the Infront agency.
Why didn’t Fifa go for more?
Fifa agreed to sell World Cup rights for 2010 and 2014 to Australian public-service broadcaster SBS for only two-thirds the amount it could have got.
Australia hopes for big boost from World Cup deals
Football’s governing body in Australia hopes to increase television-rights revenue for national team’s matches
Sportfive works on EBU members
Uefa's stumbling block in rights negotions for Euro 2008