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Fox close to Uefa double-whammy on ESPN
Fox and Setanta are now involved in a period of exclusive talks with Uefa’s Team Marketing agency after offering about $10 million a year for the rights for the Champions League and Europa League, estimated to be more than triple the existing fee. ESPN has held US rights since 1994. Two weeks ago it lost out to Fox Sports Latin America for the Latin American rights.
Sony stumps up more for IPL
Sony is understood to be paying about $1 billion over nine years, from 2009 to 2017, approximately 40 per cent more than it had been paying previously.