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TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1:Cricket, football and baseball
Agencies under threat after Fifa-Premier in-house moves
Next question: Can leagues and federations manage without the agencies?
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: NHL, football, US sports and hockey
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football, rugby union, basketball and more
Football: German public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF acquired the rights for up to 49 matches in football’s 2006 World Cup from Swiss agency Infront Sports & Media.
Israeli TV finally signs football and basketball deals
JCS Sports, which owns Israel’s two sports channels, has acquired the rights for top Israeli football and basketball matches
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Racing, basketball and more
Star bidding for Israeli free to air
Israeli TV finally agrees Cup deal
Just in time signs basketball
Israel’s Charlton gets ppv approval
The Israeli Cable Council, a government agency, gave approval this week for pay-per-view company Charlton to televise Israeli football’s Premier League and the English Premier League
Israeli TV pressed to buy rights of national team
Charlton wins one deal, but battles with regulator
Israeli commercial broadcaster Channel 10 acquired the rights for one Israeli Premier League football match per week in a sublicensing deal with Israeli pay-per-view company and rights agency Charlton TV.
Takeover of Israeli channels could lead to football peace
Aviv Giladi, head of a growing Israeli television empire, last week took over JCS Sports, which owns the country’s two sports channels, the cable and satellite Sport 5 and Sport 5 Plus
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: African Nations Cup football, handball and more
Football: African broadcasters acquired the rights for the African Cup of Nations in a series of last-minute deals with the LC2 agency. In Ghana, state broadcaster GTV acquired the rights for €1m (£686,000).
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: World Cup, national teams and Euro leagues
Football: Pay-operator Setanta Sports agreed a four-year extension deal with the Scottish Premier League.
World Cup final sets Israeli record
Israeli commercial broadcaster Channel 10 acquired the rights for the 2006 World Cup final, paying $700,000.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football, cricket, rugby union and polo
Football: Dutch commercial broadcaster Talpa acquired the rights to domestic knockout competition the KNVB Cup in a four-year deal with the Dutch football Association, KNVB.
Nimbus gets good worldwide fees for India cricket
The Nimbus Sport agency looks set to make a profit on the international rights for Indian cricket.