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Rights pact means hard times
Italian market about to get very hard for rights-holders as Sky and Mediaset cosy up
Uefa ponders third-round bids but gives no clues to agencies
Final agency bids are in but Uefa still has talking to do to close deal for qualifiers
How ESS will turn into feisty Fox
How ESS will become more aggressive under News Corp; Difficult marriage from day one
Switch to pay-TV gathers pace in Europe with new Italian deal
Italy follows the UK with pay-free F1 split; France could be next if TF1 lowballs
ECB agrees seven-year deal with ESS at healthy increase
ECB enjoys healthy rights-fee increase in new ESS deal
Al Jazeera pays big fee for Copa
Al Jazeera acquires Copa rights
Globo acquires Ligue 1 rights
Globo bags Ligue 1
Rivals fear Al Jazeera & friends
Al Jazeera holds the key to two big rights tenders but may not bid in either of them
Make or break time could push ESPN to pay increase
Premier League has listened to ESPN, now it's up to ESPN to decide if it wants to compete with the big boys
Uefa enjoys 30% increase in Europe despite recession
Champions League value up by 30% in top 5 European markets
Unchallenged Sky pays increase for ICC rights
ESS bucks the trend and gets increase from Sky
Uefa wants control and security
Uefa positions itself nicely to cherry-pick top markets
US Open serves up increases in Asia to match Euro deal
IMG Media helps US Open land 50 per cent increase in Asian rights
Big EBU deal puts Fifa on course
EBU pays healthy increase for World Cup despite recession
Al Jazeera, FA and Kentaro talks slow Uefa’s launch plan
Uefa in last-minute talks with Al Jazeera and AMI to buy back England qualifier matches
Al Jazeera pays big fees for key content ahead of launch
Al Jazeera stocks up in US ahead of channel launch
Charlton renews Europa League rights in Israel
Pay-television sports broadcaster Charlton has acquired all rights in Israel for the Uefa Europa League in a three-year deal, from 2012-13 to 2014-15, with Uefa
Formula One broadcasters rule out travel to Bahrain GP
Formula One media rights-holders in Germany and Finland will not travel to this weekend’s Bahrain grand prix due to concerns over security in the country, although they are still expected to show coverage f…