United Kingdom

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

• Formula One: German free-to-air sports broadcaster DSF acquired a package of Formula One rights for the 2007 season.

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

$612 million deal signed by the Nimbus Sport agency for worldwide television rights for cricket played in India is looking increasingly risky.

Serie A champions Juventus set to sign a deal with Italian state broadcaster Rai.

England’s Premier League agreed to end British Sky Broadcasting’s monopoly over live coverage of league games as part of a compromise deal with the European Commission which is expected to end the com…