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Fijian commercial broadcaster Mai TV has agreed a deal for the rights to Fifa football competitions between December 2013 and July 2014 - a package that includes the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

The CAA Eleven agency has launched invitations to tender for the media rights to European qualifiers for the Uefa Euro 2016 and 2018 Fifa World Cup national team football tournaments in four eastern European territories.

The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) has announced that it expects record audience figures for the 2013 edition of the EuroBasket competition after achieving new levels of broadcast distribution for the event.

German commercial sports broadcaster Sport1 has launched a live streaming service to accompany its new US sports pay-television channel.

The Zambia National Broadcast Corporation, the country’s public-service broadcaster, has said it may not broadcast Friday’s crucial 2014 Fifa World Cup football qualifier between Zambia and Ghana due to the rights fee being demanded by the Sportfive agency.

US network CBS and cable-television provider Time Warner Cable have reached an agreement to end their programming dispute and resume broadcasts in the New York, Los Angeles and Dallas markets.

Commercial broadcaster Channel 4 has agreed a two-year deal with the NFL to become the exclusive free-to-air television partner of the American football league in the UK.

Rai will struggle to retain rights to Italy national football team matches due to the spiralling rights fee, according to Michele Anzaldi, secretary of the supervisory committee at the Italian state broadcaster.

Pay-television broadcaster Azam Media has acquired domestic rights for the Tanzania Premier League, the country’s top football division.

Four companies are battling to secure the broadcasting rights for Pakistan’s cricket series against South Africa and Sri Lanka in the UAE later this year, according to the Express Tribune.