Tv Rights And Sport: Legal Aspects (Asser International Sport

Description:
The first part of this book examines the European law aspects of sports broadcasting, the new media and television rights relating to major sports events. The second part of the book consists of 27 country studies, including the 'Big Five' European football nations and other countries from around the world. The authors are media law and sports law experts, and from the point of view of the law and practice in their respective countries they address legal issues such as ownership of broadcasting rights, the commercial exploitation of those rights and the impact of competition law. Special attention is paid to 'new media' developments in connection with sport.

Table of Contents:
Part I: 1. Introductory remarks Ian Blackshaw; 2. Sports broadcasting in community law Richard Parrish; 3. Sport as reflected in European media law Alexander Scheuer and Peter Strothmann; 4. Major events and reporting rights Max Schoenthal; 5. Sports broadcasting rights in the digital epoch: balancing between traditional (TV) and alternative (3G) subjects of the market from the perspective of the European competition law Oles Andriychuk; 6. Whether the European model of essential facilities doctrine might be applied to the contemporary telecasting of premium sports content? Oles Andriychuk; 7. The legal nature of premium sports events: 'IP or not IP - that is the question' Oles Andriychuk; 8. One world one dream? Sports blogging at the Beijing Olympic Games Evi Werkers, Katrien Lefever and Peggy Valcke; 9. TV rights related to major sports events: the example of the Olympic Games Mary Still, Kate Jordan and Toby Ryston-Pratt; Part II: 10. The Netherlands Marjan Olfers; 11. Argentina Jose M. Sabat Martinez; 12. Australia Deborah Healey; 13. Belgium Peggy Valcke, Dieter Gillis and Sven Van Damme; 14. Bulgaria Boris Kolev and Anton Petrov; 15. Cyprus Christophoros Christophorou; 16. Czech Republic Pavel Hamernik; 17. Denmark Soren Sandfeld Jakobsen; 18. France Pascal Kamina; 19. Germany Martin Schimke; 20. Greece Petros Iosifidis; 21. Ireland Laura Donnellan; 22. Israel Joseph Eshed; 23. Italy Luca Ferrari; 24. Japan Yoshimi Ohara; 25. Luxembourg Jean-Luc Schaus; 26. Macedonia Igor Aleksandrovski; 27. Poland Jacek Foks; 28. Portugal Pedro Cardigos, Ricardo Henriques and Goncalo Pimentel; 29. Russia Denis Igorevich Rogachev; 30. Slovakia Pavel Hamernik; 31. Slovenia Igor Evgen Bergant; 32. South Africa Steve Cornelius; 33. Spain Jose M. Rey; 34. Sweden Michael Plogell, Monika Vulin and Erik Ullberg; 35. Ukraine Alla Shvets; 36. United Kingdom Adrian Barr-Smith; 37. United States John T. Wolohan; 38. Concluding remarks Ian Blackshaw.

Author Biography:
Steve J. Cornelius is Professor of Law at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa, where he teaches Law of Contract. Ian Blackshaw is an International Sports Lawyer and a former Vice President Legal Affairs of the ISL Sports Marketing Group, Lucerne, Switzerland. Robert C. R. Siekmann is general editor of The International Sports Law Journal (ISLJ) and series editor of the ASSER International Sports Law Series.