Skiing

Baseball
Central America

Baseball: America’s Major League Baseball signed seven-year deals with US national network Fox, extending its present contract but for a reduced amount of coverage, and with cable network TBS for a package of Sunday and post-season games.

Football
Europe

The switch-over in Finland from analogue to digital-terrestrial television transmission could shake up the country’s “quiet and closed” sports-rights market.

Skiing
Finland

Finnish viewing figures for ski-jumping’s blue-riband Four Hills tournament soared
Athletics
Europe

Olympics, international football, ice hockey, skiing and athletics protected

Skiing
Europe

Premiere has pulled out of a sublicensing deal with public-service broadcaster ARD for the 2006 Turin Winter Olympics in a row over price and exclusivity
Skiing
Germany

The Fédération Internationale de Ski, the sport’s world governing body, will try to buy the television rights for each of the national associations
Football
Asia

Football: French commercial broadcasters TF1 and M6 confirmed their joint acquisition of the rights for Euro 2008, in a €100m (£68m) deal brokered by the Sportfive agency. 
Skiing
Europe

German ski association's rights fee income falls amid general decline in interest in skiing's big markets
Skiing
Europe

It was one of the crown jewels of German sport until recently
Football
Austria

Football World Cup agency Infront is close to acquiring the Milan-based agency Media Partners in a €130 million cash deal.

Skiing
Europe

Lack of top German competitors has led to a large drop in audiences since last rights sale

Biathlon
Europe

Rights-holders and commercial broadcasters united in opposition

Skiing
Austria

Weekday lunchtime television slots mean Swedish television audiences miss Anja Paerson's medal winning performances

Football
Austria

Football: Dutch pay-broadcaster UPC acquired the pay-television rights for the Champions League from 2006 to 2009 (Page 7)
Skiing
Europe

RTL sold on the rights for one of this year’s World Cup ski-jumping events after a row with the FIS

Athletics
Europe

Tennis: Pan-European cable and satellite broadcaster Eurosport extended its deal for coverage of the Australian Open for a further four years, from 2008 to 2011. Eurosport will also be the distribution agent for the media rights across Europe. The rights were previously held by the European Broadcasting Union, the umbrella group representing the region’s public-service broadcasters.

Skiing
Austria

France Télévisions believe that FIS must change to interest broadcasters.

Skiing
Austria

EBU set to get money back for Italian skiing rights.