Skiing

Skiing

State broadcaster now close to agreeing three-year deal, after demanding one- or two-month deals last year
Skiing

Italian agency Media Partners is in talks with state broadcaster Rai about a three-year deal for alpine World Cup skiing, from 2003-04 to 2005-06
Boxing

Football and winter sports dominate European sports viewing in the TV Sports Markets’ survey for March.

Boxing

As the winter sports’ season comes to a close, a number of events dominated TV Sports Markets analysis of European viewing for February
Athletics

The poor economic climate has led to a big increase in sports federations buying airtime to show their top events.
Football

Biathlon

With European football taking its mid-season break, the TV Sports Markets European survey for January shows top winter sports events dominating the tables.
Athletics

Football rights to be used to transform cable entertainment channel into a sports channel
Football

Football: The Latin American broadcasting union, Organización de Telecomunicaciones Ibero-americanas, acquired the rights for the 2006 World Cup in 15 countries, excluding Brazil, from the Infront Sports & Media agency.

Skiing

Italian public-service broadcaster Rai is close to finalising a deal with Italian agency Media Partners to acquire the rights for skiing’s alpine world cup.
Handball

Ice hockey: US network NBC agreed a one-year extension to its revenue-sharing deal with the National Hockey League, through to the end of the 2008-09 season
Biathlon

The TV Sports Markets monthly survey of European sports viewing in December shows Champions League second-phase matches topping the tables in six of 19 countries surveyed.
Skiing

Paolo Francia is coming under increasing pressure over his role in the rights negotiations for skiing’s alpine World Cup.

Badminton

Minor sports in Denmark have turned to the internet to increase their exposure and drive revenues rather than rely on traditional broadcasters.

Basketball

Football: Polish pay-television operator Canal Plus acquired the main package of Serie A rights for the three years from 2007-08 to 2009-10 in a deal with the Media Partners and Silva agency.

Football

Olympics: TVNZ, New Zealand’s public-service broadcaster, exercised an option to acquire the new-media rights for the 2008 Beijing Olympics in a deal with the International Olympic Committee. 
Cycling

Antena 3 to expand expand sports programming on DTT channel Neox, after acquisition of World Cup skiing rights
Skiing

The EBU has asked the Fédération Internationale de Ski, to reduce the length of the Alpine World Championships in order to cut television costs.