Rugby Union

Football
Albania

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…
Rugby Union
Europe

French pay-broadcaster Canal Plus will pay only a small increase in rights fees for a much greater number of matches in a new four-year deal for French rugby union’s top-tier domestic league, the Top 1…
Football
Europe

£3 million per year bid for English Premier League rights, compared to £9 million per year under existing deal
Cricket
Albania

Cricket:  Indian public-service broadcaster Doordarshan was awarded the domestic rights to the upcoming India v Pakistan series by the Madras High Court, which was ruling on the case brought by Indian broadcaster Zee Telefilms.

Cricket
Europe

The value to a sponsor of terrestrial television coverage against satellite coverage
Rugby Union
Europe

Rugby union’s Six Nations has secured significant rights fee increases

Boxing
Germany

Asian Games:  Indian public-service broadcaster Doordarshan acquired the exclusive rights in India for the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, paying $400,000 (£215,000/€313,000), an increase of $50,000 on what it paid for the previous Games.

Australian Rules Football
Australia

Australia’s television networks are gearing up for the first of several fierce rights battles

Football

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.

Rugby Union
Europe

The Six Nations championship boosted television audiences in all participating countries except Italy.

Football
Asia

·   Football: Polish public-service broadcaster TVP and commercial broadcaster Polsat agreed a joint-deal for the 2006 World Cup with the Infront agency worth €15m (£10.3m).  TVP
Basketball
Africa

·   Football: African broadcasters acquired the rights for the African Cup of Nations in a series of last-minute deals with the LC2 agency. 
Athletics
Europe

UK broadcasters experience a mixed 2005 for television-sport viewing.

Football
Europe

Football: French commercial broadcasters TF1 and M6 reportedly acquired the rights for football's Euro 2008 in a deal brokered by the Sportfive agency.

Athletics
Europe

Television audiences for the UK’s traditional sporting showpieces fall in 2006, according to TV Sports Markets survey.

Football
Europe

Irish broadcasters TV3 and Setanta issue complaint against ITV