Football
What losing means for EBU’s future
Spoils to go to EBU members
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football and others
Football: Russia’s Premier League is set to sign a three-year deal worth $17m (£9m/€13m) a season for its rights from the 2005 season with the Fedcom-media agency
Clubs battle over selling rights
Russian league wins massive hike in rights fees
Spanish football federation may start own channel
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