Football: The English Premier League signed a number of deals in several territories for its television rights for the the three seasons from 2007-08 to 2009-10. The rights were awarded in the Middle East to pay-operator Showtime for $120m (£63m/€94m), in Hong Kong to telecoms company PCCW for about $180m, in Scandinavia to a joint-bid from pay-operator Canal Plus and telecoms company Telenor for about £60m, in the Netherlands to pay-channel Sport 1 for €10.5m, in Italy to pay-operator Sky Italia for about €20m and in Bulgaria to the AMI agency.
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