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Mixed Martial Arts

The Ultimate Fighting Championship drew its second-biggest pay-per-view audience ever last weekend.

Sources say Rupert Murdoch plans to unify Europe's News Corp-owned pay-television broadcasters.

Football

The BBC and ITV are refusing to meet Fifa's asking price for Euro 2012, but the broadcasters could be undermined by a European court ruling this autumn.
Athletics

EAA set for one-year EBU renewal ... Warren attacks BBC and ITV ... Premier League double in Denmark
Cycling

The Giro d'Italia's promoter is claiming its tough line on doping has contributed to increases in markets such as Germany, the UK and Belgium-Flanders.
Football

Europe's World Cup broadcasters are praising the production of World Cup footage, despite early reservations replays and slow-motions shots, and the blaring of vuvuzelas.
Football

A New York court has ruled in favour of Google-YouTube in its long-running copyright infringement case with Viacom and a host of sports rights-holders.
Baseball

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
Football

Football: The Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) acquired the rights for the 2010 Fifa World Cup in six countries - Uzbekistan, Laos, Kyrgyzstan, Timor Leste, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan – in a deal w…
Football

But Spain's Telecinco is expected to lose heavily on rights investment.
Football

MUTV's commercial director says the Premier League club is still committed to collective selling.

Football

TVE fights to keep hold of Masters ... Rally wants more UK exposure; Zee spree for Ten Action ... Lega looks for Coppa bidders.

Football

Football: Nepalese media buying agency Media Hub Private Limited acquired the rights in Nepal for the 2010 Fifa World Cup in a deal with ESPN Star Sports
Football

Manchester United now has less than four weeks to negotiate a new distribution network for its MUTV club channel.

Football

BSkyB picks up England games; League solves Eastern problems; Romanian dilemma for Ecclestone; Sportschau ratings hold, share slips
Football

First Saturday Champions League final fails to pull in families and is a ratings flop in two of Europe's big five markets.

Football

Premier League chief Richard Scudamore speaks exclusively to TV Sports Markets on the league's rights-selling strategy.

Athletics

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