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Broadcasters, telcos and agencies are among the 16 companies that carry the Premier League’s overseas channel, or content service, which has received positive feedback after its first two months of operation.

Football: The MP & Silva agency extended its agreement with Arsenal Broadband Limited, the digital arm of English Premier League club Arsenal, for a further three years, covering the 2013-14 to 2015-16…

Football: UK public-service broadcaster BBC Scotland acquired live television rights for Scotland’s four away fixtures in their Euro 2012 qualifying campaign, concluding against Spain in October 2011.

German and Spanish audiences for the Tour de France increased by over 20 per cent this year, giving the Amaury Sport Organisation a shot in the arm, with negotiations for a new deal expected before 2011 Tour.

Resurgent competition between pay-television operators Modern Times Group and Canal Plus is driving up fees in the Nordics.

Asian Games: Indian cable and satellite broadcaster Zee acquired the cable and satellite rights for the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou in a deal with the Dentsu agency

Athletics: UK public-service broadcaster the BBC acquired the exclusive live television and internet rights for the Diamond League in a five-year deal brokered by the IMG agency

Football: Singapore telecoms companies Starhub and SingTel acquired the rights for the 2010 Fifa World Cup in non-exclusive deals worth about $17m (€13m), brokered by the Football Media Services agency.

Telenor has taken a 35-per-cent stake in TV4's Canal Plus premium channels.

Canal Plus lands deals for Euro 2012 tournament and qualifiers, Serie A and Eredivisie, among others, but Premier League loss leaves a big hole in offering.

Nordic Canal Plus is making defensive moves after losing its most important sports rights, for the English Premier League.

SBS TV takes a big step back into the sports rights market with Premier League acquisition

A look at the audiences pulled by the 2010 Winter Olympics around the world.

Football: French commercial broadcaster TF1 sublicensed rights for the 2010 World Cup to public-service broadcaster France Télévisions and pay-broadcaster Canal Plus in deals worth a combined €33m ($4…

Commercial operator TV2 has snatched the market's biggest pay-television subs-driver from Canal Plus.

Agency aims to break with tradition in Nordics and sell Premier League rights market-by-market

Football: German public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF acquired the free-to-air rights for a further nine matches from next year’s Fifa World Cup in South Africa in a sublicensing deal with pay-broadcaster S…

Surprise win for local agency in Nordic rights auction for the Premier League.