Football

Formula One: French commercial broadcaster TF1 renewed its deal for Formula One, paying a significant increase.

Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset has threatened to reduce its payment for Serie A highlights

The deal agreed by Octagon to retain the international rights for the English Football League is a welcome relief for the agency

Israeli pay-broadcaster Sport 5 is set to sign a deal for the Champions League rights from 2006-07

Pan-Scandinavian broadcaster Modern Times Group has agreed a four-year deal for the away international football matches of Sweden, Denmark and Norway

Talks over a 2006 World Cup deal in Poland remain stalled over Infront’s €20 million (£13.7 million) asking price

Fifa, world football’s governing body, will decide on its television World Cup rights awards in the US, and possibly also the Middle East

French commercial broadcaster M6’s acquisition of 31 matches for next year’s football World Cup

The established satellite operators are facing new competition from cable for domestic football rights

Italian commercial broadcasters Mediaset and La7 are taking a big gamble by increasing the prices of pay-per-view football

The German football league last week launched the sales process for the Bundesliga rights from 2006-07 to 2008-09

Football: UK broadcasters ITV and British Sky Broadcasting acquired the rights to the Champions League for a further three seasons, from 2006-07 to 2008-09

Television audiences for the live matches shown in the opening six weeks of English football’s Premier League season increased

Football: German pay-broadcaster Premiere acquired exclusive rights for the Champions League in a three-year deal from 2006-07 to 2008-09

Swedish broadcasters want the Svenska Fotbollförbundet, the Swedish Football Federation, to state how much controversial agent Rune Hauge will be paid to advise

Rai, the Italian state broadcaster, suffered its third setback over the football league’s rights