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Jagmohan Dalmiya, controversial president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, surprised would-be bidders for the television rights to Indian cricket by setting a seven-day deadline to submit offers.
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Cricket: Asian broadcaster Ten Sports is set to acquire the worldwide rights to international cricket in Sri Lanka in a four-year deal, from 2005 to 2008.

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Asian broadcaster Ten Sports is to acquire the rights for Sri Lankan cricket
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The Australian government is to review the laws protecting major sports events for free-to-air television

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Athletics: UK pay-broadcaster Setanta extended a deal for the Golden League series in 2008 and 2009.  The deal was brokered by the IMG agency.
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SIC takes Uefa to task over lack of Euro 2008 access
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Cricket: Australian sports broad-caster Fox Sports acquired the rights for Australia’s next two tours to India, including the four Test series in October and the seven one-day internationals in 2009, i…
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The Deutscher Fussball-Bund, the German football federation, signed a five-year extension, ending 2009, to its television rights deal with German public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF

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IMG set to win one, lose one as football talks close
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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. 
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Olympics: CCTV.com, the new-media arm of Chinese state broadcaster CCTV, acquired the new-media rights for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing in a deal worth an estimated $7m (£3.5m/ €4.9m
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Rescheduling of cricket calendar leads to Ten Sports extending Sri Lankan Cricket Board deal for three years without tender
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Cricket: The Nimbus Sport agency acquired the worldwide television rights to cricket in India in a four-year deal with the Board of Control for Cricket in India.

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Kirch shadow falls on Champions League rights Speculation that German media entrepreneur Leo Kirch may be planning a merger between German rights group EM
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Motorsport: German pay-broadcaster Premiere extended its deal for live Formula One rights by one year, until the end of the 2007 season.

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Cricket: UK pay-broadcaster Setanta acquired the exclusive rights for the India Premier League, the domestic Twenty20 competition set up by the Board of Control for Cricket in India, in a five-year deal…
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Rugby League: UK pay-broadcaster BSkyB and public-service broadcaster the BBC acquired the rights for the top-tier Super League, the second-tier National League, international matches and the Challenge…
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The International Cricket Council will be among the first rights-holders to benefit from the increased competition in the Indian television market.