Television

The EURO show will go on in England despite the absence of the home side. ITV and BBC are mandated to carry EURO 2008, with or without any of the British Isles teams participating. Legislation is in ...

An appeals court ruling is blocking free-to-air broadcasts of Swedish top-tier football, a decision that will affect the league, distributors and broadcasters. Kentaro is partway through a five-year deal to distribute the matches. TV4 had been airing ...

The need for a World Cup International Broadcast Center (IBC) will lead to EUR 9.72 million upgrades for the Nasrec area south of the Johannesburg city centre. The money will be used to rent and upgrade various ...

A three-year, EUR 50 million deal had landed German domestic cup football rights for three broadcasters. ARD, ZDF, which are public-service broadcasters, joined pay-TV Premiere in landing the deals. The agreement was signed off on by the ...

ITV found its Champions League investment well worth it, as the match between English clubs Chelsea and Liverpool brought in a peak of 10.2 million viewers and an average of 8.1 million. That gave ITV1 ...

Italian national World Cup qualifying matches will be aired in the United States and Canada by GolTV. A package includes Italy's home matches against Montenegro, Georgia, Ireland, Bulgaria and Cyprus. GolTV will exclusively televise six of Italy's ...

LFP, France's professional football league, has instituted a new formula to split television money among its upper tier. Ligue 2 will be awarded EUR 101.8 million of the EUR 668 million each season. The agreements were made ...

Large-screen licencing for the 2008 European Championships will not be affected by proposed tariffs for major screenings of the event in Switzerland. UEFA has asked that anyone or any group wishing to show the competition on a large-screen ...

Ten Sports and Zee Sports will again partner with UEFA, winning the Champions League and UEFA Cup rights. The deal lasts from 2009 through 2012 and covers South Asian territory, including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, ...

CJ Media has won the media rights for the UEFA Champions League and Super Cups for Korea. The deal goes into effect starting with the 2009 season, and lasts through 2012. It includes live matches, highlights, some ...