Football
Rai sues Lega Calcio over award of Serie A rights
Italian state broadcaster Rai has surprised the domestic television and sports market by sticking to its threat
Italian U-turn on joint selling
The Italian antitrust authority has made a historic U-turn on the collective selling of television rights
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Skiing, cricket, new media
Skiing: Swiss public-service broadcaster SRG SSR acquired the rights for Swiss World Cup events in a four-year deal, 2007-08 to 2010-11, with the Swiss ski federation
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Africa, World Cup, Serie A
Football: African pay-television broadcaster Supersport acquired the rights for the South African Premier Soccer League, the country’s top-tier football league, in a five-year deal, 2007-08 to 2011-12, w…
Sponsors cover Serie A gamble
Italian football declining in popularity in the UK
Slow growth keeps Liga off mobiles
Discounted new media rights still on shelf after a year
World Cup fees tripling as Asia boom continues
I-Cable pays out to keep crucial content as battle with PCCW continues
Valcke makes Fifa comeback
Suspended Head of Television and Marketing back to work as Fifa continue restructuring
Ligue’s five-year plan to lure telecom bidders
League appeals to competition authorities for permission to sell rights for five years
Canal Plus pays high fee for Serie A
Price forced up by competition from TV4, who buy the rights in Sweden for two seasons
Fifa attracts $4.5bn TV fees for next two World Cups
Deals made directly with broadcasters boost earnings
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football, winter sports and Formula One
Football: French commercial broadcasters TF1 and M6 confirmed their joint acquisition of the rights for Euro 2008, in a €100m (£68m) deal brokered by the Sportfive agency.
Bore draws stall FA Cup renaissance
Average audiences fall marginally for both BBC and BSkyB
How FA’s tough line backfired
Belgian FA accepts offer for rights lower than bid rejected last year
TV RIGHTS CLIP 1: Fifa’s US deal, other football, basketball
Football: US Disney-owned broad-casters ABC and ESPN, and Spanish-language broadcaster Univision, acquired the rights to all Fifa events from 2007 to 2014, including the 2010 and 2014 World Cups, in deals worth a total of $425m (£239m/€351m).
League football ends free-to-air
federation agreed a deal for the cup rights with pay-television operator Digitürk
EBU may fight for internationals
The European Broadcasting Union, the umbrella organisation of public-service broadcasters, is considering a radical strategy to help its members secure top football content
Tempting deals for Spanish TV
Major rights to be put on the negotiating table