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Belgium

Uefa, European football’s governing body, agreed deals in Belgium for the Europa League for three years, from 2012-13 to 2014-15, with public-service broadcaster VRT, commercial broadcaster RTL, and p…
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Austria

The Sportsman Media Group agency will continue to distribute the rights for Spanish football’s top-tier league, La Liga, in Germany and Austria, after agreeing a three-year deal, from 2012-13 to 2014-15, w…
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North America

Soccer United Marketing, the commercial arm of US football league Major League Soccer, launched KickTV, an online channel exclusively available on video-sharing website YouTube
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Cote Ouest, a distributor of television programming in Africa, agreed a deal with Brazilian media group Globo to distribute rights in sub-Saharan Africa for the Brazilian football league, the Campeonato…
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Europe

Israeli pay-television broadcaster the Sports Channel acquired exclusive live rights for the Uefa Champions League, in a three-year deal, from 2012-13 to 2014-15
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Europe

Adam Crozier, the chief executive of UK commercial broadcaster ITV, said the broadcaster was unlikely to bid for the rights for football’s English Premier League in the next cycle.
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Brazil

Brazilian commercial broadcaster Record said that it would consider taking legal action after accusing Fifa, football’s world governing body, of reneging on a promise to carry out a “public, transparent and…
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Asia

The World Sport Group agency renewed its rights deal with Japan’s top-tier football league, the J-League, for a minimum of three seasons, from 2012 onwards.
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Europe

Ross Hair, the managing director of ESPN in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, said the international sports broadcaster would not be overly aggressive in its bidding for the next cycle of UK rights for…
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Asia

The All India Football Federation and its commercial partner IMG Reliance postponed the announcement of their plans to overhaul India’s top football division, the I-League, for up to eight weeks, to a…
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Brazil

Brazilian media group Globo acquired multi-platform rights to the 2018 and 2022 football World Cups in a deal with Fifa, football’s world governing body.
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Europe

Eredivisie Live, the pay-television channel operated by the Dutch football league, said its new Eredivisie Live Sidekick ‘second screen’ service attracted 50,000 viewers on its first weekend.
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Europe

Pan-European broadcaster Eurosport acquired rights in Germany for two games at the 2012 Algarve Cup women’s national team football tournament in Portugal.
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International sports broadcaster ESPN launched a new global football mobile application featuring news, live scores, audio and video content as it seeks to exploit mobile, which it described as its fastest-growing…
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Australia

Australian A-League football clubs can expect their media rights income to increase by 80 per cent in the next cycle, Frank Lowy, chairman of the Football Federation Australia, the league’s rights-holder, s…
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Europe

Friedrich Joussen, Vodafone Germany’s chief executive, said that the telecommunications company would not bid for domestic rights for the Bundesliga, the German football league.
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Bolivia

Digital media company Perform acquired rights from Uruguay-based agency the Full Play Group for club football matches in Bolivia, Ecuador, Uruguay, Paraguay and Peru in a three-and-a-half-year deal running…
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North America

US regional sports network Fox Sports Ohio agreed a rights deal with local Major League Soccer team Columbus Crew covering the 2012 season