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IEC makes breakthrough WTA deals in Europe
IEC makes breakthrough in the UK and Nordics
Infront one step closer to monopoly
Finnish deal takes Infront closer to global control of skiing rights but agency denies that it paid a strategic fee for the rights
FA joins other top football properties on the subs’ bench
Broadcasters find they can live without the FA Cup in hard times
Advertising crisis leaves federation income in doubt
TVE cuts will hurt La Roja
Fees steady in Finland, down again in Holland
F1 deals in Finland and Holland
IEC closing in on Nordic deal
Nordic WTA talks
Drop in second-party rights prices as Uefa arrives at central solution
Dip in second-party World Cup qualifier values in key markets
BBC deal takes IOC through the $1bn barrier
This week’s BBC deal for the rights to four editions of the Olympic Games has taken the International Olympic Committee to $1.0
SM Liiga enters exclusive talks
Deal close for Finnish ice hockey as league starts exclusive talks
Lack of open tender leaves Nordic broadcasters in the cold
Premier League renews with MTG and TV2 without tender
Big EBU deal puts Fifa on course
EBU pays healthy increase for World Cup despite recession
Nelonen and MTV3 to dominate SM Liiga bidding
Two-way battle in Finland
MP & Silva taps into French boom to double values
MP & Silva doubles up in France with league rights
Premier League and Medge facing tough choices in Nordics
Clawing back 3pm matches could be costly for league
NFL closing in on global deal after Nordic renewal
NFL set to follow Nordic deal with IMG Media renewal
EBU splits again for World Cup bids
EBU splits again over World Cup bids
EBU well placed to tighten its grip on Fifa World Cup rights
Fifa maintains free-to-air commitments for 2018-2022; Five markets, but no rights, carved out of European tender
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: American football, athletics, hockey, handball and more
American Football: The NFL Network, the pay-television broadcaster owned by the NFL, agreed a content deal with Outcast, operators of a petrol station digital TV network with 12,000 screens in stations…
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football: Fifa World Cup, South Asian Championship and more
Football: The ISM agency acquired the rights in Indonesia to the 2014 Fifa World Cup in a deal worth $55m (€40m). ISM sold the rights to the Bakrie Group for about $60m (page 9).