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Sky’s slow start in Italian F1 duel
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Three Asian cricket deals renegotiated in a week
Japanese TV refuses to pay IOC’s 60% rise
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Olympic sports fight for ‘logical’ share of TV millions
Table tennis and swimming federations seek larger allocations, Summer federations push IOC to reduce USOC funding
TV RIGHTS CLIPS: Snooker, cricket, tennis, cycling and others
Snooker: UK public-service broad-caster the BBC renewed its deal with the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association for a further five years, from 2007 to 2011, paying about £20m (€29m). The deal is thought to be a significant cut on the existing deal, worth about £28m over a five-and-a-half year period.
TV RIGHTS CLIP 1: Fifa’s US deal, other football, basketball
Football: US Disney-owned broad-casters ABC and ESPN, and Spanish-language broadcaster Univision, acquired the rights to all Fifa events from 2007 to 2014, including the 2010 and 2014 World Cups, in deals worth a total of $425m (£239m/€351m).