Football
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Cricket, motorsport, football and tennis
Cricket: Indian channel Zee Sports acquired the worldwide television, radio and broadband rights to 25 one-day internationals featuring India to be played at neutral venues around the world in the next five years.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football, Spanish World Cup deal and others
Football: New Spanish commercial channel La Sexta, which launched last week, acquired the rights to this year’s World Cup.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Euro and Serie A football, rugby union
Football: Free-to-air broadcasters HRT (Croatia), RUV (Iceland) and TV3 (Slovenia), acquired exclusive live rights to all 31 matches of Euro 2008 in deals with the Sportfive agency, which is marketing…
F1, Champions League bring in big Euro audiences
Fernando Alonso’s strong start to the Formula One season continued to attract Spanish viewers this season.
Now Serie A enjoys the Hong Kong rights boom
Competition between PCCW and i-Cable results in near-tripling of rights fees
Change of identity at Middle East sports channels
Personnel and purchasing strategy now reflect local focus
Five and BSkyB join bidders for Euro 2008
Bidders lack penetration required by UK listed-events legislation
TV channels sue league after rights awarded to telco
The pay-television members of a consortium of broadcasters have begun legal proceedings against the Belgian football league after losing out in the award of the league’s television rights
Germany hits back at EC attack on sports rights
The German government has staunchly defended the sports rights policies of public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF
Rai has problems saving face
Rai wants to acquire the digital-terrestrial rights for the 2006 World Cup finals
Top Premier shows lose out as viewers learn to be choosy
Television audiences for football’s English Premier League have fallen for live and highlights matches
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football, Formula One and GP2 series deals
Football: UK pay-operator British Sky Broadcasting is set to acquire the rights to the English Football League’s Championship, lower divisions and the League Cup in a four-year deal worth at least £3…
Scandinavia pays Uefa 50% more
The Team Marketing agency has won an estimated 50-per-cent increase in Champions League television-rights fees in Scandinavia
French league’s demands likely to kill strong bids
The French football league’s tender for the next League Cup insists upon free-to-air civerage
Polish state TV faces hard job to get football-fee cut
TVP has approached Sportfive to try to re-negotiate its Polish national team deal
How deals will hit other sports
Commentators believe that the NFL deals will have a marked effect on other sports
One more NFL deal to agree one
There remains one last piece of the NFL puzzle to be sold
Sky boosts Football League
England’s Football League is set to sign a new four-year deal with UK pay-operator British Sky Broadcasting