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Italian media group Mediaset said this week it expected to make a healthy profit on its acquisition of 2018 Fifa World Cup rights by showing all matches free-to-air.

Video-on-demand service Megogo has made its first move into the Ukrainian sports-rights market with the acquisition of exclusive rights to three top European football leagues.

Rai, Mediaset and Sky were all expected to bid this week for a cut-price 2018 Fifa World Cup. The rights in Italy have plummeted in value since the national team failed to qualify for the tournament, losing a play-off to Sweden.

MP & Silva’s deal with OTT platform Sportsfix this month will ensure Serie A coverage in Malaysia for the first time in almost two years.

Laola1.tv is not paying an upfront fee to MP & Silva for German Bundesliga rights in the Nordics and Romania, with the two hoping to earn revenue from sponsorship and advertising.

Sports and betting-related services company Sportradar has agreed a deal to stream live coverage of German football’s Bundesliga in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden in the Nordics, as well as Romania.

The MP & Silva and Pragosport agencies are struggling to sell German Bundesliga rights in their respective European territories, leaving the league without a broadcast partner in a number of markets.

Conmebol, the governing body for South American football, is hoping for a solid increase in the value of its global Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana commercial rights.

The South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) has shortlisted four entities in its search for a new partner agency for the commercialisation of its club and national team competitions.

UK commercial broadcaster ITV has acquired rights for the inaugural season of the World Boxing Super Series through an agreement with the MP & Silva agency.

MP & Silva has seen the value of several of its European football properties tumble in China following a pair of new deals in place of its broken agreement with LeSports.

July 26 and 27, 2017, are two days that could completely reshape the sale of Serie A international media rights.

Chinese online streaming platform Tencent has acquired non-exclusive live streaming rights to various major European club football competitions from the MP & Silva agency.

The MP & Silva agency has entered into a multi-year partnership with sports management and content creation company Baral, through which both entities will market the US media and sponsorship rights of a number of teams in the Liga Ascenso, the second tier of club football in Mexico.

Kickboxing series Glory has appointed the MP & Silva agency to distribute its media rights in North and South America.

The attempt by MP & Silva to terminate a deal with Fifa for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups in Italy is being challenged by football’s global governing body, just months after the two appeared to have reached a settlement.