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The Premier League chose to start its international sales in the Americas with good reason: bidding wars are expected in the US and Brazil

Deal in Australia takes ESS over $100m profit threshold for global ICC rights sales

YouTube football deals good timing for Premier League

MCS advances in France and beyond

How Eredivisie deal fits into Fox expansion strategy

Al Jazeera helps Pitch to pull off Brazilian rights coup

Israeli pay-television broadcaster the Sports Channel has acquired rights to the 2014 and 2016 Olympic Games in a deal with the Sportfive agency

New Conmebol event could become replacement for Copa; Why the US is the perfect host

Italian market about to get very hard for rights-holders as Sky and Mediaset cosy up

Final agency bids are in but Uefa still has talking to do to close deal for qualifiers

How ESS will become more aggressive under News Corp; Difficult marriage from day one

Italy follows the UK with pay-free F1 split; France could be next if TF1 lowballs

ECB enjoys healthy rights-fee increase in new ESS deal

Al Jazeera acquires Copa rights

Globo bags Ligue 1

Al Jazeera holds the key to two big rights tenders but may not bid in either of them

Premier League has listened to ESPN, now it's up to ESPN to decide if it wants to compete with the big boys