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England's Football League touting global rights for $60 million over three seasons amidst sceptism from market experts

Lagardère restructure plans prompt key staff departures...UFC targets Asian expansion...Mediapro moves on Portugal...ITV beats BBC-IMG

THe FEI believes its new rights deals will expand exposure and increase revenues over the next four years

The Sportfive agency is on the verge of a breakthrough in Scandinavia for its Olympic Games rights

NHL exploring several innovations to increase rights fees in Europe, Africa and the Middle East

Japan withdrawal could hit Traffic Copa revenues ... Sportfive Euro progress in Asia ... Infront narrows down bidders

League rights spotlight on Germany's Bundesliga

Athletics: The IEC in Sports agency agreed deals with free-to-air broadcasters in five European countries for the rights for the World Athletics Series from 2011 to 2013, including the athletics World…

Football: Middle Eastern pay-television broadcaster Al Jazeera agreed a four-year deal, from 2012-13 to 2015-16, worth over $30m (€21m), for English Football Association rights in a deal brokered by t…

Serie A punch-up to be followed by survey ... Starhub stocks up channel ... Danish delay after lowball bids ... Hearn takes Prizefighter to US

The EBU faced rival bids in Scandi, Russia, Germany, Spain, Italy as it tried to renew ASO rights.

Athletics: Italian public-service broadcaster Rai acquired rights for the IAAF World Athletics Series, including the World Championships, in a three-year deal, from 2011 to 2013, with the IEC in Sports…

Football: Spanish public-service broadcaster TVE and regional Catalan broadcaster TV3 acquired the free-to-air rights for the Uefa Champions League

Cost-conscious Modern Times Group loses ice hockey World Championship after broadcasting it for over 20 years.

Danish football league offers extra packages after competition authority bans single-buyer deal again.

Football: Pan-regional broadcaster Al Jazeera Sport acquired the rights for Fifa competitions between 2015 and 2022, including the 2018 and 2022 World Cup The deal covers cable, satellite, terrestrial,…

Boxing: Triumph Media Group extended its deal with Klitshcko Management Group covering the distribution of the global media rights to the 2011 fights of Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko

Eurosport extends Bundesliga deal until end of 2014-15 season