Vietnam provider drops foreign news TV channels
A Vietnamese satellite TV company stopped airing international channels including BBC and CNN on Thursday, citing a law that foreign governments have ...
Channel 10 wins Australian TV rights for Sochi
The International Olympic Committee has awarded the Australian broadcast rights for next year's Sochi Winter Games to Channel 10. The deal, which was ...

NHL confident players will go to Sochi Olympics
The NHL is "proceeding under the assumption" its players will take part in next year's Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, deputy commissioner Bill Daly ...

Ferguson key in Man U's financial transformation
Manchester United and Sir Alex Ferguson. Apple and Steve Jobs. Will one of the world's most recognized soccer clubs face the same challenges the ...
UEFA faces Financial Fair Play challenge
The lawyer who changed the face of European football when he pushed through the 1995 Bosman ruling on transfers and limits on foreigners is backing ...

James Bond studio to open 1st US facility
The British film studio that's home to the James Bond movie franchise announced plans Monday for its first U.S. film production facility, at a site ...
Huffington Post to launch German edition
The Huffington Post is expanding further with a German language edition, putting new pressure on media companies in Europe's largest economy as they ...
Blatter: FIFA targets 'highest' reform standards
Despite recent skepticism from his own anti-corruption advisers, Sepp Blatter said FIFA can be a model of good sports leadership. On Monday, FIFA ...
Google agrees to change search display in Europe
Google has agreed to change how it displays search results in Europe — including a better labeling of its promoted content and displaying links to ...
Penguin seeks to settle EU e-book antitrust probe
The European Union's antitrust watchdog says publisher Penguin has offered to forgo a deal with Apple on the sale of e-books in a bid to end an ...
Correction: Britain-Copyright Suit story
In a story April 18 about the Meltwater copyright lawsuit, The Associated Press incorrectly spelled the last name of the chief executive officer of ...
IOC plans renovation of Lausanne headquarters
The International Olympic Committee plans to renovate its Swiss headquarters to bring all departments and staff under one roof. The IOC has opened a ...

Heady days for the Welsh as Cardiff reaches EPL
As Vincent Tan threw his arms into the air and soaked up the applause of a delirious crowd, the Malaysian billionaire owner of Cardiff could be ...
EU clears $22.6bn cable operator, pay TV takeover
The European Union's antitrust body has cleared the 17.2 billion euros ($22.6 billion) takeover of Britain's Virgin Media by U.S. cable TV operator ...

EPL to use Hawk-Eye; Spain, Germany stall on tech
The English Premier League on Thursday became the first national competition in world football to approve the use of goal-line technology, with ...
EBU gets TV rights for WCup, Euro qualifying
UEFA's marketing partner has sold television rights to qualifying matches for the 2018 World Cup and 2016 European Championship to the European ...

German ex-president rejects deal to end case
Germany's former president spurned a deal Tuesday to drop legal proceedings against him in a scandal over alleged favors that prompted his resignation ...
Christie's gets license to hold auctions in China
Christie's said Tuesday it will be the first international auction house to operate without a local partner in mainland China, one of the world's ...
2 top Olympic sports lose major sponsor
Two major Olympic sports are in the hunt for new sponsorship deals after key commercial partners announced the end of their partnership right in the ...

Matisse in Norwegian museum was once Nazi loot
The family of a prominent Parisian art dealer is demanding that a Norwegian museum return an Henri Matisse painting seized by Nazis under the ...
EU clears Random House, Penguin merger deal
The European Union's antitrust watchdog on Friday gave its green light to the proposed merger of Penguin and Random House that will create the world's ...

Senators caution immigration deal not final
Even with one of the largest hurdles to an immigration overhaul overcome, optimistic lawmakers on Sunday cautioned they had not finished work on a ...

Shot Pakistani teen Malala Yousafzai writing book
Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenager shot in the head by the Taliban as she returned home from school, is writing a book about the traumatic event ...

WADA backs HGH test against 'extremist' NFL union
The World Anti-Doping Agency defended its test for human growth hormone on Wednesday and accused the NFL players union of being "extremist" for ...