Football

The dispute between Israeli pay-television companies Charlton and Sport 5 has been refuelled in two legal battles involving the country’s football association.

The Champions League incumbent broadcasters in Turkey and Portugal have to pay more than last time to hang on to their rights.

The joint venture of Dentsu and Infront will be banking heavily on getting good revenue from China.

The new television rights deals agreed by the Eredivisie, are a dual gamble

French football’s Ligue 1 rights the most expensive in the world

Cricket: The Nimbus Sport agency acquired the worldwide television rights to cricket in India in a four-year deal with the Board of Control for Cricket in India. Nimbus will pay $612

·   Football: Polish public-service broadcaster TVP and commercial broadcaster Polsat agreed a joint-deal for the 2006 World Cup with the Infront agency worth €15m (£10.3m).  TVP

Spanish Primera Liga club Real Madrid was the world’s biggest earning club in 2004-05.

Sports agency looks close to winning domestic television rights for all Swedish football.

NTV Plus set to acquire domestic rights for the Russian Premier League.

South Africa’s Premier Soccer League wants to renew its domestic television rights deal a year early to bring in a higher fee.

English football’s Premier League is likely to split the sale of its delayed-as-live television rights into two packages in its forthcoming tender.

Premiere, the German pay-television broadcaster, has salvaged something of its reputation following its deal with DSF.

·   Football: African broadcasters acquired the rights for the African Cup of Nations in a series of last-minute deals with the LC2 agency. 

Football: Greek public-service broadcaster ERT acquired the free-to-air rights for all 31 matches of Euro 2008 in a €9.5m (£6.5m) deal with the Sportfive agency. It is the first deal done for the championship.

Media Partners & Silva set to take a long-term stranglehold on the international rights of Serie A clubs.