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Football

The major agencies are battling to add to their football federation portfolios in the countdown to the Euro 2012 qualifying draw next month.
Football

Football: German public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF acquired the free-to-air rights for a further nine matches from next year’s Fifa World Cup in South Africa in a sublicensing deal with pay-broadcaster S…
Football

Six Nations and The Open the only major events to see their top audiences rise.

Rugby Union

English rugby union’s Guinness Premiership becomes second UK property in a week to benefit from ESPN’s expanded UK budget.
Football

ESPN buys FA Cup and other rights for £70m, helping to make up the shortfall left after Setanta's collapse.
Football

Increase in European media rights fees a sign of increasing value of Premier League even in Europe's developed markets.

Golf

Golf’s US PGA Tour had to offer BSkyB an eight-year deal in order to satisfy its minimum rights fee expectations, another example of the tough conditions prevailing in the UK market.
Rugby Union

UK audiences for this year’s rugby union autumn internationals were both up for the second year in succession.

Golf

Golf: UK pay-broadcaster BSkyB acquired the rights for the US PGA Tour in an eight-year deal from 2010 to 2017, paying an estimated $90m

Formula One television audiences in Spain and Italy fell drastically this year, reflecting disappointing performances by Spanish driver Fernando Alonso and Italian car manufacturer Ferrari.

Football

Football: Chinese state broadcaster CCTV acquired the rights for all Fifa events between now and 2014, including the 2010 and 2014 World Cups, in a deal worth about $125m (€83m).
Cricket

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)

The England FA is determined not to be panicked into agreeing a quick-fix deal in solving the problem caused by the demise of Setanta, its secondary domestic television rights partner.
Football

Football: Lega Calcio, the body representing Italian football’s top clubs, agreed a number of deals for the domestic and international rights for the country’s top two divisions, Serie A and Serie B, …
Baseball

Baseball: Chinese broadcasters Shenzhen TV, Jiangsu TV and Beijing TV acquired packages of rights for Major League Baseball matches in 2009 and 2010 in deals with Major League Baseball International,…
Boxing

Primetime launched last week in an attempt to exploit the increasing amount of sport missing out on live television coverage.
Cricket

Football: Middle East pay-broadcaster Al Jazeera Sports acquired the rights for Euro 2012 and 2016 in a deal with Uefa, European football’s governing body, worth $100m (€67m) overall. Al
Basketball

Mediapro is close to finalising domestic mobile rights deals for Spanish football’s La Liga, the first such deals to be agreed after a three-year hiatus caused by the football war between Mediapro and Sogecable.