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American football: US sports broadcaster ESPN agreed an eight-year extension to its rights deal with the NFL for Monday night matches, worth $15.2bn (€10.95bn).

Basketball: Bwin, the online gaming company, extended its media and marketing rights contract with Fiba, the International Basketball Federation, for four years, from 2011 to 2014

Industry alive to the news of CAA takeover of IMG

Future pay-per-view events could be harmed after Harrison capitulation - Warren

Media rights for Spain's La Liga to hit €588.5 million in 2011-12 season

MP & Silva pays 50-per-cent increase for French Open rights and gives free-to-air coverage guarantees

Comcast-NBCU network lands $4.38 billion four-games US Olympics deal

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

Increased pay-TV revenues for Euro Qualifiers the key to Uefa's targets

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

New viewing trends highlights the potential value of online rights especially in developing markets, report says

Football: The Sportfive agency, which markets the Euro 2012 media rights in Asia and Oceania for Uefa, European football’s governing body, signed a deal for the rights with Thailand media and entertainment g…

Football: Uefa, European football’s governing body, agreed three-year deals, from 2012-13 to 2014-15, for the rights for the Uefa Champions League in the UK with commercial broadcaster ITV and pay-television b…

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

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

UK Champions League rights fee falls in sign of the times