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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…

Boxing: New Zealand state broadcaster Māori Television acquired the exclusive rights to show the heavyweight boxing clash between David Tua and Demetrius King on March 19.

Football: German pay-television and internet broadcaster Sportdigital acquired non-exclusive rights for the Italian Serie A in a deal running until the end of the 2010-11 season with the MP & Silva agency…

Big increases in the US and Japan the highlights of a successful round of sales for Traffic Sports.

Ambitious Eurosport and Setanta pushed ESS for pan-Asian rugby World Cup deal excluding key markets.

Football: The Sportfive agency was appointed by Uefa as its exclusive media rights sales agency for Euro 2012 in a number of markets in Asia and Oceania

Sportfive, hit by recent rights and personnel losses, is set to regain its "calling card" in Asia.

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.

Basketball: Euroleague Basketball agreed deals in the UK, China and Iceland for the 2010 Final Four

News round-up, Volume 14, Issue 7

The Singapore government has effectively outlawed exclusivity of content, which it felt was damaging the pay-TV market.

Athletics: The IEC in Sports agency agreed a number of deals for the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Doha

The Premier League's new channel for overseas rights-holders will be launched with one eye on the next domestic rights negotiations.

Football: South African public-service broadcaster SABC said that it had secured the rights for the 2010 African Cup of Nations and other CAF events through to 2016 after agreeing a deal, reportedly worth…

Cricket: Entertainment Sports & Direct acquired the theatrical rights for the Indian Premier League in a 10-year deal from 2010 to 2019, paying Rs3.3 bn ($70m)

SingTel’s double victory last week, in agreeing deals for English football’s Premier League and ESPN Star Sports’ bouquet of sports channels, amounts to a changing of the guard in the Singapore market.

Speculation is mounting that Singapore’s two rival pay-broadcasters may bid jointly for the English Premier League rights when they come on the market.

Football: Indonesian pay-broadcaster Telkomvision acquired a package of Serie A rights for the 2009-10 season in a one-year deal with the MP&Silva agency, renewing an existing deal