France

Football
Europe

Eurosport also in the running
Football
Europe

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

Commonwealth Games:  UK public-service broadcaster the BBC acquired the rights to the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne in a deal with the Fastrack agency, which is selling the rights on behalf of the organisers.

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.

Rugby Union
Europe

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

Football
Europe

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

French commercial broadcaster TF1 has joined forces with Turkey’s biggest media company

Baseball
Asia

Motorsport: German pay-broad-caster Premiere acquired the exclusive live rights for motor racing’s Nascar and Indycar series for the 2006 season.
Football
Australia

·   Football: The Dentsu and Infront agencies acquired the Rest of Asia rights to the 2010 and 2014 World Cups in a deal with Fifa, football’s world governing body.  De
Europe

Criticism of the list of French protected sports events.

Rugby Union
Europe

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

Football
Europe

Canal Plus is considering a carriage deal with the direct-to-home satellite platform of its main rival, Viasat.

Football
Europe

French football’s Ligue 1 rights the most expensive in the world

Cricket
Asia

Cricket: The Nimbus Sport agency acquired the worldwide television rights to cricket in India in a four-year deal with the Board of Control for Cricket in India. Nimbus will pay $612
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. 
Football
Europe

France, Italy, UK and Nordic region the only European territories covered so far.

American Football
Europe

Football: The German Football League awarded the rights for the Bundesliga in several three-year deals covering 2006-07 to 2008-09.

Football
Belgium

Versatel has jumped into the vanguard of an emerging movement by telecoms companies to seriously challenge broadcasters for live television rights.