Ireland
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football, World Cup, Euro 2008 and others
Football: Spanish free-to-air broadcaster Cuatro sublicensed the non-exclusive rights to at least seven matches from the upcoming World Cup from rival broadcaster La Sexta in a deal worth €20m (£14m).
Ice-hockey, rugby and handball pull in the viewers
Football’s Champions League final was not the only major sporting event in May to attract good viewing for broadcasters around Europe.
Record fee for Irish rights but was battle real?
The English Premier League’s £82 million (€119 million) deal for live rights in Ireland is a record sports-rights deal for the country.
Italy leads way in Six Nations record viewing
Dramatic tournament attracts best-ever audiences in four key markets
High-flying Unity attracts Liberty’s attention
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Euro and Serie A football, rugby union
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Indian and Ashes cricket, tennis, golf and more
Cricket: Indian pay-television broadcaster Sony Entertainment Television acquired the international rights to this month’s India v Pakistan tour for $11.5m (£6m/€8.7m).
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Football, basketball, boxing, motorsport and more
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.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS: Cricket, Six Nations rugby, World Cup football, F1
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.
Six Nations wins fee rises, despite lack of competition
Rugby union’s Six Nations has secured significant rights fee increases
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Olympics and football
Olympics: The Bell Globemedia-Rogers Communications consortium won the Canadian rights to the 2010 and 2012 Olympics
TV Rights Clips 2: Motorsport, baseball, cricket and new media
Tight competition for Six Nations
The Six Nations championship boosted television audiences in all participating countries except Italy.
PGA and Sky in row over Ryder Cup Irish listing
Irish government likely to add final day’s coverage of the Ryder Cup to its list of events protected for free-to-air coverage.
Irish TV claims ITV breaches rights exclusivity
Irish broadcasters TV3 and Setanta issue complaint against ITV