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TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Serie B, Spanish, Champions League football
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.
War of egos fuels Saudi football fees
A bidding war between Arab Radio and Television and Orbit has resulted in an eight-fold increase in television rights fees for Saudi Arabia’s domestic football league.
Reports from Sportel Monaco 2007
Reports from Sportel Monaco 2007
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Bundesliga, CAF, Euro 2008 and other football
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football, ice-hockey, volleyball and more
Football: Spanish agency Mediapro made a seven-year offer worth €1.19bn (£815m), or €170m a season, for the television rights to Spanish Primera Liga club Real Madrid covering the seasons from 2008-09 to 2014-15.
Israel opts out of TV deals to win big fee increases
The Israeli Football Association generated a good increase in television-rights fees for the domestic football league.
Listed events blow for pay-TV as Euro matches protected
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Athletics, cricket, hockey, boxing and NFL
FA tender to ignite ‘platform wars’ and double fees
Showtime eyes Premier profits
Ad growth drives new media
English Premier League to receive £74 million over three years from sale of mobile and internet clip rights
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Olympics, Fifa, Italian, Brazilian, English football
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Cricket, ice-skating, basketball, tennis and more
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Tour de France, Euro 2008, African Cup of Nations
Cycling: French public-service broadcaster France Télévisions renewed its deal for the Tour de France.