Skiing

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.

Basketball

Boxing: German commercial broadcaster RTL acquired the rights for the next four fights of Ukrainian heavyweight boxer Wladimir Klitschko in a deal with the Sportfive agency worth €10m (£6.8m).

Football

Kirch's Bundesliga deal, Forstmann's 3-year anniversary at IMG, La Liga fee cut, German skiing fiasco
Baseball

Baseball: America’s Major League Baseball signed seven-year deals with US national network Fox, extending its present contract but for a reduced amount of coverage, and with cable network TBS for a package of Sunday and post-season games.

Football

The switch-over in Finland from analogue to digital-terrestrial television transmission could shake up the country’s “quiet and closed” sports-rights market.

Skiing

Finnish viewing figures for ski-jumping’s blue-riband Four Hills tournament soared
Athletics

Olympics, international football, ice hockey, skiing and athletics protected

Skiing

Premiere has pulled out of a sublicensing deal with public-service broadcaster ARD for the 2006 Turin Winter Olympics in a row over price and exclusivity
Skiing

The Fédération Internationale de Ski, the sport’s world governing body, will try to buy the television rights for each of the national associations
Football

Football: French commercial broadcasters TF1 and M6 confirmed their joint acquisition of the rights for Euro 2008, in a €100m (£68m) deal brokered by the Sportfive agency. 
Skiing

German ski association's rights fee income falls amid general decline in interest in skiing's big markets
Skiing

It was one of the crown jewels of German sport until recently
Football

Football World Cup agency Infront is close to acquiring the Milan-based agency Media Partners in a €130 million cash deal.

Skiing

Lack of top German competitors has led to a large drop in audiences since last rights sale