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Football: The threatened delay to the start of the Serie B season in Italy was averted when Rupert Murdoch’s satellite platform, Sky Italia, signed a last-minute, one-season deal to broadcast all Serie B matches live.

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International rights sales for Spanish football’s La Liga are likely to bring in more than €100 million a year.

Football

Sportfive has agreed deals in key South East Asian markets, including Malaysia and Indonesia
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Asian fees alone likely to exceed £40 million
Football

Singapore, Malaysia and the Indian sub-continent and likely to be the next Asian territories to sign television rights deals for football’s World Cup

Football

MP & Silva, Sportfive and Rai Trade agencies estimated to have brought in about €100 million overall for 2007-08 season

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English Premier League to receive £74 million over three years from sale of mobile and internet clip rights

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Olympics: Hong Kong pay-television broadcaster I-Cable Communications acquired the new media rights for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and all media rights for the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver and…

Lack of national representation or medal hopes and rescheduling of events to suit US audiences hits Asian broadcasters' chances of recouping rights outlay

Free-to-air broadcasters fear that IOCs commitment to getting widest possible exposure for Games is becoming compromised by push to maximise revenues.
Cricket

Goal now has strategic partnerships in three of the five key South and South East Asian markets
Football

Football: African pay-television broadcaster Supersport acquired the rights for the South African Premier Soccer League, the country’s top-tier football league, in a five-year deal, 2007-08 to 2011-12, w…
Football

I-Cable pays out to keep crucial content as battle with PCCW continues
American Football

Figure Skating: US network NBC acquired the rights for US figure skating in a three-year deal with the US Figure Skating Association, covering the national championships and the international Skate America…
Cricket

Tennis: Asian broadcaster Ten Sports sublicensed coverage of the finals of this year’s French Open tournament to rival pay-operator Zee Sports.

Golf

Pay-television newcomers Setanta in the UK and Arena in Germany are bidding strongly for US golf rights against the established pay-operators in their countries.

Football

The English Premier League looks set to boost the sale of its international rights in Asia.

Football

Football: Free-to-air broadcasters HRT (Croatia), RUV (Iceland) and TV3 (Slovenia), acquired exclusive live rights to all 31 matches of Euro 2008 in deals with the Sportfive agency, which is marketing…