Boxing

Boxing

Football:  German commercial broadcaster RTL acquired the rights for a package of seven or eight Sunday matches from the 2006 World Cup from agency Infront Sports & Media.
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German broadcaster ARD has bought the German television rights for the next five fights of heavyweight boxers Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko
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April’s two Formula 1 races were the most featured events of the month in the TV Sports Markets monthly survey of European viewing.
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US cable broadcaster ESPN has revived its interest in boxing almost a year after it seemed set to quit the sport.
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There is considerable pressure on UK boxing promoter Frank Warren and his biggest fight asset, Ricky Hatton, to come up with a top-ranking US opponent in the next few months.
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Heavyweight boxing brothers Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko are selling the television rights for Vitali’s December WBC world heavyweight title fight
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The imminent retirement of middle-weight boxer Oscar De La Hoya is a major blow to big-time pay-per-view boxing.
Athletics

Channel set for December launch, once European Commission is assured that it has no links with News International or Sky Italia
Air Racing

Olympics: Australian telecoms provider Telstra agreed a A$9m (£4.2m/ €5.3m) deal with Seven Media Group to show exclusive live coverage of the Beijing Olympics on its BigPond mobile service. 
Badminton

The European Commission has opened infringement proceedings against the Italian government over the use by the country’s broadcasters of mini-advertisements during the televising of football matches.

Basketball

Football: Polish pay-television operator Canal Plus acquired the main package of Serie A rights for the three years from 2007-08 to 2009-10 in a deal with the Media Partners and Silva agency.

Boxing

Football: The England Football Association agreed deals for its international rights covering the fouryear period from 2008-09 to 2011-12, bringing in worldwide revenues of over $300m (£144m/€207m) - …
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Welsh boxer's victory over Mikkel Kessler watched by 283,000 at 1:30AM in the morning
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Boxing website SecondsOut.com is close to tying up rights deals with top US and European promoters to show fights on internet pay-per-view.

Basketball

Boxing: German commercial broadcaster RTL acquired the rights for the next four fights of Ukrainian heavyweight boxer Wladimir Klitschko in a deal with the Sportfive agency worth €10m (£6.8m).

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Ice Skating: The European Broadcasting Union acquired the rights for the World and European Championships and other events in a four-year deal with the International Skating Union, the sport's world governing…
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Seven senior executives have left since the Lagardère takeover
American Football

Athletics: The Dentsu agency signed a 10-year, €180m (£122m) deal with the International Association of Athletics Federations for the worldwide marketing rights and worldwide television rights outside Eu…