Smoke-and-mirrors TV war
31-Jan-2008
The game of cat and mouse in the battle of copyright football continues. The latest escapade involves not Sky itself, but the Premier League, which...
Dual drama at Theatre of Dreams
24-Jan-2008 By Helen Bendell helen.bendell@william-reed.co.uk
Sir Alex Ferguson's plan is finally kicking into action. Manchester United are inching ahead of Arsenal at the top of the Premier League table. They...
Satellite suppliers ignore ruling
10-Jan-2008 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
Foreign satellite suppliers are continuing to sell equipment to pubs despite High Court judges ruling against licensee Karen Murphy in the landmark...
21-Dec-2007 By Ewan Turney
High Court judges rule against Karen Murphy in the landmark case
Judges dismiss part of Murphy appeal - but agree to hear more
21-Dec-2007 By James Wilmore
High Court judges today dismissed part of licensee Karen Murphy's appeal against a conviction for screening foreign satellite football - but the...
Pivotal point in the top flight
13-Dec-2007 By Helen Bendell helen.bendell@william-reed.co.uk
Arsenal's hopes of going the whole league season unbeaten were proved to be premature last weekend - and their grip on the top spot is looking...
Murphy case remains in the balance
06-Dec-2007
A High Court test case on foreign satellite football hangs in the balance after the judges involved said they needed time to consider their views....
30-Nov-2007 By Ewan Turney
A High Court judge in the landmark foreign satellite football appeal hearing has said he and his fellow judge will "take our time" to reach a...
Premier leaders ready for battle
08-Nov-2007 By Helen Bendell helen.bendell@william-reed.co.uk
The Premier League top spot remains tied between Arsenal and Manchester United, but Harry Redknapp's Portsmouth are only a couple of points adrift,...
No more footy for Harlequin
01-Nov-2007 By Ewan Turney ewan.turney@william-reed.co.uk
A bar operator has undertaken not to show Premier League football using foreign satellite systems. Under the threat of legal action, Harlequin...
Gunners set sights on Anfield
25-Oct-2007 By Essi Berelian essi.berelian@william-reed.co.uk
The post Rugby World Cup hangover may be lingering, but there's some consolation to be found in the feast of top football action to select from this...
08-Oct-2007 By Ewan Turney
Over 80 Bolton licensees have formed an action group against Media Protection Services
Owen headache for England
27-Sep-2007 By Helen Bendell helen.bendell@william-reed.co.uk
Newcastle United's win over West Ham last Saturday was tarnished by Michael Owen's enforced substitution, blamed on a recurring groin injury. Owen...
Red Devils look to divert Blues
20-Sep-2007 By Helen Bendell helen.bendell@william-reed.co.uk
The Big Four are not the Premier League's only football teams taking on some of Europe's best in recent weeks. Everton and Tottenham Hotspur both...
World Cup: home nations falter
13-Sep-2007 By Helen Bendell helen.bendell@william-reed.co.uk
The Rugby World Cup is well under way now, but none of the home nations stormed through their first matches as confidently as anticipated. After a...
29-Aug-2007
Five licensees are being taken to the High Court by the Premier League in a row over the screening of live football matches. The Premier League...
Pubs face High Court action over live football
29-Aug-2007 By James Wilmore
The FA Premier League (FAPL) is taking High Court action against five licensees over the screening of live football. The five pubs are accused of...
Pressure mounts for Ferguson
23-Aug-2007 By Richard Ross
Following Germany's visit to the new Wembley this week, the football agenda can now switch back to club matters. This early in the season, the...
Foreign satellite case faces delay
22-Aug-2007 By James Wilmore
Hopes of a swift resolution over the foreign satellite issue look to have been scuppered after a delay over the High Court appeal process. Portsmouth...
22-Aug-2007
Premier League to resume prosecutions after High Court appeal misses deadline.
Premiership Preview: get value for money
18-Jul-2007
SO SKY'S latest price hike is here. The 11 per cent rise is way above the inflation rate of just under four per cent. It has been slammed by...
Premiership Preview: not in front of the kids
18-Jul-2007
The 2007/2008 season is set to be the last time alcohol branding can be placed on children's replica football shirts, following a Portman Group...
MP meets foreign satellite group
13-Jul-2007 By James Wilmore
MP John Grogan has claimed that "many MPs" are sympathetic to the aims of a group representing foreign satellite suppliers and licensees using the...
12-Jul-2007 By John Harrington
Premier League taking civil action while criminal cases go on hold, the MA can exclusively reveal.
Football's calm before the storm
12-Jul-2007 By Richard Ross
Right now, for many of the world's sportsmen and women it's a case of the calm before the storm. Europe's footballers are easing themselves back...
12-Jul-2007 By Ewan Turney
Trade leaders have reacted with anger at Sky's inflation-busting 11% average increase in its basic subscription charge for next year. In April, Sky...
Comment: Pointless Exercise
25-Jun-2007
When I was about eight I was bought a replica shirt of my beloved football team, which is Watford (yes, Watford - you may have heard of them -...
Row over satellite suppliers' Westminster invite
21-Jun-2007 By James Wilmore
A BITTER war of words has erupted between the FA Premier League and MP John Grogan over the issue of foreign satellite football. Grogan announced...
04-Jun-2007 By Iain O'Neil
New rules agreed by the drinks industry
Alcohol advertising banned on children's sports kits
04-Jun-2007
Alcohol branding on children's replica sport shirts is to be banned under new marketing rules agreed by the drinks industry. This new restriction...
31-May-2007
Anheuser-Busch (A-B) has signed a deal to keep Budweiser as the official beer of the FA Premier League until 2010.
Bud renews Premier League sponsorship
25-May-2007
Budweiser has announced it is renewing its sponsorship of the Premier League.The worldwide deal will commence on June 1 and has been extended to...
Licensing@aol.com
24-May-2007
Right to air sporting events QThere has been a lot of press about the illegality of showing Premiership football other than through Sky, as the...
Foreign satellite pubs face Summer crackdown
17-May-2007
Pubs that show Premiership football using foreign satellite TV systems and equipment suppliers have been warned there will be targeted "on-going...
Football's nail-biting continues
03-May-2007 By Richard Ross
Get set for another enthralling weekend of Premiership football. With the league title on the line it's time for Chelsea to show they are capable of...
Call for freeze on all Sky TV subs
26-Apr-2007 By James Wilmore
A trade group has called for Sky to offer a price freeze to all its licensee customers following an announcement over a new package.The Association...
Plan for action-packed week
19-Apr-2007 By Richard Ross
What a week for sport! Three Premiership sides through to the Champions League semi-finals, two top sides to contest the FA Cup final, and a...
NewsDigest
12-Apr-2007
Marston's is offering cricket fans the chance to make their own TV adverts. Marston's has been running a series of umpire ads during Sky Sports...
Karen takes it to High Court
12-Apr-2007 By Iain O'Neil iain.o'neil@william-reed.co.uk
Karen Murphy, the Portsmouth licensee at the centre of the foreign satellite football row, has lodged an appeal in the High Court. Murphy, host of...
10-Apr-2007
Premier League will continue to gather evidence despite High Court appeal
Champions League returns
29-Mar-2007 By Richard Ross
The sporting highlight of the next seven days must surely be the return of the Uefa Cham-pions League to our screens. From the Premiership,...
Bolton FC initiates pub licence reviews
22-Feb-2007 By Iain O'Neil iain.o'neil@william-reed.co.uk
Screening of illegal satellite matches prompts backlash from attendance-hit football club Premiership club Bolton Wanderers has applied for licence...
Licensees being issued with legal notices over foreign satellites
15-Feb-2007
Licensees showing Premiership football using foreign satellite suppliers are being issued with legal notices and letters telling them it is...
The rules of the game
07-Feb-2007 By James Wilmore
All eyes were on Portsmouth magistrates court last month in the latest episode in the battle over foreign satellite systems. One of the 'Portsmouth...
Illegal football TV ends in £8,000 fine
01-Feb-2007 By Iain 0'Neil iain.oneil@william-reed.co.uk
Licensee protests she's just a 'pawn in big boys' game' A Portsmouth licensee faces a fine of almost £8,000 after being found guilty of showing...
26-Jan-2007
Portsmouth licensee faces £8,000 fine
Bolton targets satellite pubs
25-Jan-2007 By Iain O'Neil Iain.oneil@william-reed.co.uk
Premiership club Bolton Wanderers is seeking licence reviews of pubs around the Reebok Stadium that show foreign satellite football. Bolton said it...
Working the FA Cup numbers
25-Jan-2007 By Richard Ross
Thirteen from the top, 14 from the next, three from the next and a couple from the last. At first glance, you might think you're reading a Count-down...
Football four in a double knot
18-Jan-2007 By Richard Ross
It's time for a mammoth weekend in the Premiership. This time around, there's not one but two mouth-watering ties. The Premiership's top four feature...
Premier League plans more action against suppliers
11-Jan-2007 By James Wilmore
The FA Premier League (FAPL) is planning further legal action against suppliers of foreign satellite equipment following proceedings launched last...
