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Football: Korean IPTV broadcaster Spo TV acquired the rights to the Uefa Champions League and Europa League for the three-year period from 2012-13 to 2014-15 for $11.1m (€8m) (page 2).

Two-event sales keep Rugby World Cup income growing

Mounting losses force major strategy change at Lagardère. Agency has 'changed its DNA'

Six Nations set to split international TV rights ... NFL takes rights to global market ... No ESPN-Al Jazeera joint bid ... ARD/ZDF force ski concessions

Ice Hockey: Regional sports channel Fox Sports Florida agreed a multi-year extension to its rights agreement with the NHL’s Florida Panthers. The new deal begins in the 2012-13 season.

Football: Uefa, European football’s governing body, completed its Champions League rights process in Brazil by renewing deals with pay-television operator ESPN and free-to-air sports broadcaster Esporte I…

The English Football Association is set to continue its round of international rights sales for 2008-12

Action Sports: Apparent Gravity Media, the US-based distributor of action sports and motorsports, agreed a number of deals for the Dew Action Sports Tour and the AMA Motocross Championship series

Al Jazeera to go it alone in Brazil with Ligue 1...Zebini to lead Fox in Brazil...TyC makes up with federation

Uefa ponders radical overhaul to Euro 2016 qualifying system

EBU members wary as ORF lowballing nearly backfires

American Football: Indian broadcaster Ten Sports, owned by pay-television operator Zee, acquired the rights to the Elite Football League of India in a multi-year deal

Athletics: The International Association of Athletics Federations secured deals for the 2011 World Championships and other events in the Netherlands, Iceland, Russia, Switzerland, Serbia, Albania, Croatia…

Football: Uefa, European football’s governing body, agreed free-to-air rights deals in Portugal for Euro 2012 with public-service broadcaster RTP and commercial broadcasters SIC and TVI.

Kentaro hits the German jackpot, Sportfive stoical on draw

F1 teams seem happy to take Sky money as BBC slashes costs...Big C4 bid confirms the return to the market of a major player

MP & Silva set for long rally with Spanish broadcasters