Albania
Kentaro hits the jackpot, Sportfive is philosophical
Kentaro hits the German jackpot, Sportfive stoical on draw
IAAF defends its rights strategy despite gaps in Daegu coverage
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football: Fifa World Cup, Bundesliga, La Liga and more
Traffic hails ‘massive’ increase in worldwide rights fees for Copa
TV RIGHTS DEALS 1: Euro 2012 qualifier matches, Asia Premier League sales
TV RIGHTS DEALS 1: Brazilian league and other football rights deals
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TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Basketball, boxing, F1, golf, Paralympic, swimming and more
Basketball: US cable sports channel Versus acquired rights for 16 games of the 2009-10 season of the NBA Develop-ment League, the official minor league basketball competition, in a deal with the NBA.
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Step-change for Premier League as bidding fever grips Europe
Increase in European media rights fees a sign of increasing value of Premier League even in Europe's developed markets.
Poland, Turkey agree Uefa TV deal
Polish commercial broadcaster Polsat is set to sublicense live Champions League rights to state broadcaster TVP
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Bundesliga, Premier League and MotoGP
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football, rugby union, basketball and more
Football: German public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF acquired the rights for up to 49 matches in football’s 2006 World Cup from Swiss agency Infront Sports & Media.
Roulette wheel spins good draw for agencies
Sportfive, Kentaro, IMG get plenty of ties against the big five teams; Infront do not fare so well
RTL goes back to the future as new Ufa takes on Sportfive
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Euro and Serie A football, rugby union
TV RIGHTS CLIPS: Cricket, Six Nations rugby, World Cup football, F1
Cricket: Indian public-service broadcaster Doordarshan was awarded the domestic rights to the upcoming India v Pakistan series by the Madras High Court, which was ruling on the case brought by Indian broadcaster Zee Telefilms.
New rivals force Eurosport into policy change
Pan-European broadcaster acquires content specifically for the region for the first time.