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Football

Football: Qatar-based satellite broadcaster Al Jazeera acquired the
Athletics

Athletics: The International Association of Athletics Federations secured deals for the 2011 World Championships and other events in the Netherlands, Iceland, Russia, Switzerland, Serbia, Albania, Croatia…
Football

Football: Uefa, European football’s governing body, agreed free-to-air rights deals in Portugal for Euro 2012 with public-service broadcaster RTP and commercial broadcasters SIC and TVI.
Football

Italy games heading for pay-TV
Football

Kentaro hits the German jackpot, Sportfive stoical on draw

Football

Danish league holds its value but Canal 9 loses key content
Boxing

Touchdown for ESPN but cloud over NHL...Traffic busy in Mexico...Lega channel may annoy Sky...Sucker punch on Primetime
Ice Hockey

Medge/AMI race the clock in Europe but NHL is relaxed
Football

Football: Korean media group SBS acquired the rights to the 2018 and 2022 Fifa World Cups in a deal worth between $180m (€124m) and $200m (see story this issue).
Athletics

EBU’s Euro 2012 subsidiary in talks ... IAAF still needs to close big deals ... More increases for Uefa
Boxing

Golden Boy taking over
Football

NHL rights lost to Medge/AMI. Orange Sport deal fallen through. Shadows over ESPN
Football

Five-year deal helps NHL to big increase but 'it could have made more,' one bidder says

Mixed Martial Arts

Mixed Martial Arts: Fight sports programme distributors, Fighting Spirit, agreed a deal from June until the end of 2012 with mixed martial arts promotion M-1 Global in Africa, Europe and the Middle East…
Athletics

Asian Games: The organising committee of the 2014 Asian Games signed memorandums of understanding with Korean networks KBS, MBC and SBS, provisionally appointing them as host broadcasters
Football

Football: Israeli pay-television broadcaster Charlton acquired the rights for Euro 2012 in a deal with Uefa
Football

MTG breaks records with monster bid for Champions League; Canal Plus hits back with preemptive Norway deal

Football

Football: France’s football league, the Ligue de Football Professionnel, sold the domestic rights to the top division, Ligue 1, for four years, 2012-13 to 2015-16, to pay-television operator Canal Plus a…