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Football

The Deutsche Fussball Liga, the German football league, launched the full tender for the next cycle of its domestic rights, from 2013-14 to 2016-17, with a first-round bidding deadline of April 2
Football

Spanish Liga football clubs Real Madrid and Barcelona are likely to continue recording higher turnovers than all other football clubs in Europe even if there is a change in Spain’s broadcast revenue d…
Horse Racing

UK public-service broadcaster the BBC is being challenged by commercial broadcasters Channel Four and ITV as well as pay-television broadcaster BSkyB for the next cycle of domestic rights for British Champions…
Cricket

Pan-Asian sports broadcaster ESPN Star Sports acquired rights for cricket’s Twenty20 Bangladesh Premier League in a three-year deal, from 2012 to 2014.
Football

Public-service broadcaster Botswana TV acquired rights for the Botswana Premier League in a three-year deal, from 2011-12 to 2013-14, with rights-holder RP Productions, worth BWP4
Tennis

The Bild newspaper will stream free live coverage on its website of the country’s Davis Cup tennis match against Argentina this weekend.
Rugby League

Pay-television broadcaster Al Jazeera has acquired rights in France for two rugby league competitions, the English Super League and Australian National Rugby League, according to the Fédération Française de…
Football

Singapore pay-television operator Starhub acquired rights for the 2012 season of the S-League, the top-tier Singaporean football league, in a deal with the Football Association of Singapore

French media conglomerate Lagardère said it faces a writedown of about €900 million ($1.18