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DFL rejects higher agency bid to stick with Eurosport
Eurosport extends Bundesliga deal until end of 2014-15 season
Al Jazeera’s pre-emptive bid ‘too big to refuse’
Fifa's new seven-year deal in the Middle East could be worth as much as $500 million
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 4: Motorsport, rugby union, US college sport and more
Motorsport: Formula One Management agreed deals with incumbent rights-holders in Germany, Russia and Israel for media rights for the Formula One motor-racing series
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 3: Boxing, cricket, golf, handball, hockey and motorsport
Boxing: German commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat
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
TV RIGHTS CLIPS1: Uefa Champions League, Indian, Brazilian football and more
Football: Italian satellite pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia acquired the exclusive rights for top Tuesday-night Champions League matches, all other matches on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, excluding the…
News Corp and Al Jazeera provide Uefa with perfect start
Increases in Champions League rights fees in US and Caribbean, Italy and Middle East.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Handball, Austrian ice hockey, motorcycling and ATP tennis
Handball: Danish commercial broadcaster TV2 acquired the rights for the Danish men’s and women’s national teams and leagues in a four-year deal, from 2011-12 to 2014-15, with the rights-holders, the Dan…
IAAF wants better TV production for Diamond League
Production gaffes and inconsistencies tackled at Monaco meeting of meets, IMG and IAAF.
ATP Masters stokes ESPN competition
First serious UK rights battle between ESPN and BSkyB.
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 DEALS 2: Basketball, college sports, F1, golf, Olympics and tennis deals
Basketball: Rights agency MP & Silva sold rights to the Spanish professional basketball league, the ACB, to Italian pay-television platform Dahlia TV and French pay-television operator Canal Plus covering…
Team looks for strong start to new rights cycle
Sales of Uefa Champions League and Europa League rights will kick off in October, in Latin America and the Middle East, followed by Italy.
News in brief, Issue 14:17
Tiger comeback helps keep BBC on the fairway ... IMG banks on City growth ... Zee reworks cricket equation
TV RIGHTS DEALS 1: Nigeria’s new Premier League deal, Israeli domestic football
Football: Pan-African broadcaster Supersport acquired the Nigerian rights for the English Premier League in a three-year deal, from 2010-11 to 2012-13, worth $110m (€85m).
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football, basketball, cricket, handball and tennis
Football: Romanian telecoms operator Romtelecom acquired the rights for eight live World Cup group stage matches and delayed rights for 44 other games in a deal with public-service broadcaster TVR, paying…
Super Six format to be expanded to other weights
Kentaro says good viewer figures and ppv revenues for inaugural series are encouraging expansion plans.
Man United: Why we took MUTV rights in-house
MUTV's commercial director says the Premier League club is still committed to collective selling.