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Full Play halts Traffic with claim to own 2015-2023 Copa rights
Full Play produces letter from Conmebol to back up claim to have Copa America rights
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Football, American football, basketball, ice hockey and more
Football: Chinese state broadcaster CCTV acquired the rights to China’s international football teams for three-and-a-half years, from July 23 until the end of 2014, from the Chinese Football Association’s com…
New tournament has big teams but not the star players
New Brazil-Argentina event will not have all the top players
Fastrack: Issue 15:11
Romanian pay-TV rivals bolster sports content...Final Copa deals in place...Liga rights talks in Venezuela...Premier League piracy case delay
Fastrack: Issue 15:9
Japan withdrawal could hit Traffic Copa revenues ... Sportfive Euro progress in Asia ... Infront narrows down bidders
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: IAAF athletics, Major League Baseball, IPL cricket and more
Athletics: The IEC in Sports agency agreed deals with free-to-air broadcasters in five European countries for the rights for the World Athletics Series from 2011 to 2013, including the athletics World…
Colombian league rights to increase by 1000 per cent
Pay TV growth in South America's fourth-largest economy has local analysts predicting a big pay-day for domestic football.
Traffic fits the bill for Lagardére
Brazilian agency acquisition in line with Lagardére Unlimited expansion ambitions.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Champions League, World Cup, Euro deals and more
Football: Spanish pay-television operator Digital Plus acquired Champions League rights in a three-year deal, from 2012-13 to 2014-15
World Cup qualifier rights value up by a third
Venezuelan broadcasters expect to pay $4.5 million for World Cup qualifiers ... Uruguayan qualifiers tender a battle between Full Play/Tenfield and Traffic
Government ups its football spend to cover HD costs
Argentinian government to introduce HD feed on free-to-air television
News in brief, issue 15:1
Uefa over half way there on centralisation plan ... F1 renews in key markets ... EAA drops its fee for 2012 ... AFA TV plans ‘not viable’ ... Taylor exit doesn’t hurt PDC
Broadcasters set to take hit on Blatter’s world club vision?
Surprise finalist deflates World Club Cup audience expectations, raising questions over value of competition for broadcasters.
Uefa stuck with BBC-ITV for Euro
Uefa looks to conclude Euro 2012 talks with BBC and ITV, accepting that there will be no changes to UK listed events legislation before 2012.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Boxing, Formula 1, horse racing, ice hockey, rugby and tennis
Boxing: German commercial broadcaster Prosiebensat
Traffic hails ‘massive’ increase in worldwide rights fees for Copa
Big increases in the US and Japan the highlights of a successful round of sales for Traffic Sports.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Athletics, baseball, basketball, cricket, golf, rugby and more
Athletics: Channel 4, the UK commercial broadcaster, acquired the rights for the 2011 and 2013 World Championships in a three-year deal with the IEC in Sports agency
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Portuguese, Argentine, Spanish and Italian football
Football: Portuguese agency PPTV acquired the television and marketing rights for the Portuguese Liga club Sporting Lisbon in a five-year deal, from 2013-14 to 2017-18, worth about €108m ($135m).