Cycling
Digital-terrestrial opens door for skiing and Vuelta
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: US sport, motorcycling, tennis and more
Cricket: Australian free-to-air broadcaster Nine Network acquired the rights to this month's Champions Trophy and the 2007 World Cup in a deal with News Corporation subsidiary Global Cricket Corporation.
Cycling splits over rights-selling of grand tours
The Union Cycliste Internationale is set to go ahead with the planned centralisation of the television rights of its professional road racing series, the Pro Tour.
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American Football: UK pay-operator British Sky Broadcasting acquired the UK and Ireland rights for the National Football League in a four-year deal from 2007-08 to 2010-11.
No tender process for FA is sore point for Modern Times
Tour audiences hit by heat, dope and no Armstrong
High-profile doping scandals hit television viewing for this year’s Tour de France.
Viewers stick with Tour despite doping scandals
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Tour de France, Euro 2008, African Cup of Nations
Cycling: French public-service broadcaster France Télévisions renewed its deal for the Tour de France.
ASO’s tough stance on drugs won’t stop fees falling
German audiences crash, but ratings in France hold up
Wimbledon wins, le Tour loses viewers
TV RIGHTS CLIPS: Snooker, cricket, tennis, cycling and others
Snooker: UK public-service broad-caster the BBC renewed its deal with the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association for a further five years, from 2007 to 2011, paying about £20m (€29m). The deal is thought to be a significant cut on the existing deal, worth about £28m over a five-and-a-half year period.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Football, rugby, athletics, boxing and more
TV2 set to pick up rights as DR starts crisis fire sale
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Horseracing, cycling, swimming and more
Sponsors benefit from free-TV, but not every time
Cycling tour looks for new agency to win overseas TV
TV Rights Clips 2: Motorsport, baseball, cricket and new media
New rivals force Eurosport into policy change
Pan-European broadcaster acquires content specifically for the region for the first time.