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Football: The Comcast-NBCU network acquired rights to US football’s Major League Soccer in a three-season deal, from 2012 until the end of 2014, worth $10 (€7m) to $12m per season, with Soccer United Mar…

Football: Qatar-based satellite broadcaster Al Jazeera acquired the

Football: Uefa, European football’s governing body, agreed a series of pay-television and free-to-air television deals for 2012-13 to 2014-15 for the rights to the Champions League and Europa league i…

Mexico deal takes IOC over the $100m mark in Latin America

Neo's Euro 2012 deal part of wider strategy...Traffic-Full Play dispute continues...Astro pays more for World Cup...Live football on Facebook

Al Jazeera buys top football rights to enter US market

Uefa enjoys big increase for Globo's Champions League rights

Big increases for top football in booming Brazil rights market

Rights fee increases for Uefa in the US and Caribbean

Euro 2012 value drops as channels buddy up ... ISU secures 35% EBU increase ... Alianza defies league with joint bid ... UFC fights its way into mainstream

Football: Hong Kong pay-television operator Now TV acquired the rights to Euro 2012 from the Sportfive agency(page 8)

Full Play produces letter from Conmebol to back up claim to have Copa America rights

Football: Chinese state broadcaster CCTV acquired the rights to China’s international football teams for three-and-a-half years, from July 23 until the end of 2014, from the Chinese Football Association’s com…

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).

New Brazil-Argentina event will not have all the top players

IOC up in France and down in Germany after tough talks

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

ESPN and Fox make peace in Latin America to keep DirecTV out of Champions League