Football

The importance of choosing the right time and place for rights negotiations

RTR is the big loser in the latest round of television deals

The award of the Euro 2008 rights to Sportfive can be seen as another sign of the trend for sports federations to take greater control of their rights.

Euro 2008 was the big contract the agency was looking for

Uefa was disappointed with the EBU’s final presentation

Public-service broadcasters across Europe will be the main broadcasters of football’s 2008 European Championship

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

Disputes over income from digital-terrestrial and other media rights cause tension amongst the clubs.

Russian football’s Premier League is to sell its domestic television rights in a deal representing a 300-per-cent increase

The Spanish football federation is considering launching its own television channel

French commercial broadcaster TF1 wants to renegotiate its highlights deal with the French football league

German football league to block plan by Deutsche Telekom to use Bundesliga internet rights.

English football’s Premier League has split its non-live coverage rights into five packages.

NTL may bid for four of the six live television rights packages of English football’s Premier League.

Wide-ranging distribution deal agreed with Unity Media

Bidding for Polish football league’s television and internet rights has thrown up surprises