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BSkyB picks up England games; League solves Eastern problems; Romanian dilemma for Ecclestone; Sportschau ratings hold, share slips
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Athletics, IPL, extreme sports, golf, ice-skating and more
Athletics: The IEC in Sports agency agreed a number of deals for the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Doha
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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The major agencies are battling to add to their football federation portfolios in the countdown to the Euro 2012 qualifying draw next month.
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.
TV Rights Deals 1: Football: Premier League deals in Europe and AFC extension
Football: Indonesian commercial broadcaster RCTI and sister channel Global TV sublicensed the rights for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa from PT Electronic City Entertainment, the original licensee
TV Rights Deals 1: Football: Serie A, La Liga, Uefa, Africa Cup of Nations and more
Football: Italian satellite broadcaster Sky Italia acquired the live satellite rights for all Serie A matches from 2010-11 to 2011-12 in a deal with Lega Calcio. Sky will pay €580m ($824m) a season.
TV Rights Deals 2: Cricket, handball, Olympics, tennis and college sport deals
Athletics: US free-to-air broadcaster NBC extended its deal with the New York City Road Runners for the television rights for the New York City marathon for three years from 2009 to 2011
TV Rights Deals 1: Euro 2012, Champions League, La Liga and more
Football: Sports broadcaster ESPN Brasil acquired pay-television rights in Brazil for the 2010 World Cup in a sublicensing deal with commercial broadcaster Globo
TV Rights Deals 2: Asian Games, athletics, cricket, F1, motorsport and more
Asian Games: Hong Kong pay-broadcaster I-Cable Communications acquired the exclusive television and internet rights for the 2010 Asian Games, in Guangzhou, in a deal worth an estimated $1m (€780,000).
TV Rights Deals 1: Bundesliga, Bulgaria and more
Football: The Deutsche Fussball Liga (DFL), representing the top two tiers of German football, Bundesliga 1 and Bundesliga 2, agreed a number of media rights deals covering the four-year period from 2009-10…
TV Rights Deals 1: Bulgaria, Champions League, Bundesliga and more
Football: Bulgarian free-to-air broadcaster TV2 acquired the rights for Bulgaria’s domestic top-tier A league in a five-year deal, from 2009-10 to 2013-14, worth a reported €30m (£23m).
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Opening ceremony draws China’s biggest-ever TV audience
Chinese state broadcaster CCTV’s coverage of the Opening Ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Games attracted the country’s largest-ever television audience.
Sogecable takes over funding of Euro-basketball
Out of court settlement ends Telefónica-Euroleague dispute
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
Football: German pay-televison broadcaster Premiere is set to sign a two-year deal, said to be worth €350m (£235m), with the Deutsche Fussball Liga for football’s Bundesliga. Th
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Rugby union, football, motorsport and more
Rugby union: Incumbent rights-holder IMG won the commercial rights for rugby union’s 2007 and 2011 Rugby World Cups. It beat opposition from Champions League agency Team Marketing. I