Analysis
Argentina

Formula One Management to take over host-broadcasting of Formula One series from this season.

Skiing
Austria

EBU set to get money back for Italian skiing rights.

Football
Argentina

Deadlock in Argentine football rights talks could be broken by entry of new player.

Football
Europe

English Premier League considers launching own channel in only two territories without a deal.

Athletics
Afghanistan

Pan-European broadcaster acquires content specifically for the region for the first time.

Football

English Premier League international television rights expected to more than double in value since previous sale.
Athletics

Television rights deals with incumbent partners ABC/ESPN and TNT likely to be the most valuable of the year.

Australian Rules Football

UK pay-operator’s English Premier League deal was year's largest television sports-rights deal.

Football
Europe

Spanish pay-TV operator's dominance in football rights market under threat after regulator accuses it of being a monopoly.
Denmark

But proposed extension deal for top-tier domestic football rights needs approval of football association and competition authority.

Basketball
Denmark

Decision to hand back golf rights allows rival to recover monopoly on top Tour golf and launch golf channel.

Athletics
Europe

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

Football
Denmark

On the three days before Christmas, Modern Times buys four years of football, three years of golf and two new channels.
Football
Africa

Africa’s television sports-rights market showing signs of strong growth.
Cricket
Europe

Australian, English, South African, New Zealand, Zimbabwean boards to benefit from new Asian television rights deals.

Cricket
France

Television rights division snapped up by rival IMG
Football
Europe

Polish television has agreed a deal for football’s 2006 World Cup after months of negotiations with the Infront agency.

Football
Asia

Fifa agreed to sell World Cup rights for 2010 and 2014 to Australian public-service broadcaster SBS for only two-thirds the amount it could have got.