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England’s Football Association was set to announce the renewal of a three-year television rights deal with the BBC and pay-television operator British Sky Broadcasting as TV Sports Markets went to press. 
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Champions League too expensive, does not attract good audiences, difficult to schedule
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Premier Chief Executive Kofler expects hefty fall, after big drop in fee for highlights
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German agency Infront Sports agreed a one-year deal for Bundesliga rights with a group comrising EM
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Sogecable says Phedrasport deal is a negotiating tactic
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Football and winter sports dominate European sports viewing in the TV Sports Markets’ survey for March.

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Latest tender has no specific ppv package, and no 'near-live' mobile clips
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Traffic Sports Marketing has given up trying to sell Latin American football rights in Asia
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BBC have held talks with TWI, ESPN, Setanta
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With British Sky Broadcasting expected to walk away with all the live television rights for the next three-year contract – bids have to be submitted by next Friday, July 11 – there are three key questions: 1. Ho
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ARD is the favourite to acquire the primary highlights rights for the Bundesliga.
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Polish commercial broadcaster Polsat is set to sublicense live Champions League rights to state broadcaster TVP

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The French football league has put a brave face on the compromise deal between rival pay-television platforms Canal Plus and Télévision Par Satellite.

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The Italian league appears to be ploughing a surprisingly lonely furrow in setting up its own channel.

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The FA's hopes of profitably integrating broadcast and sponsorship rights is likely to be scuppered by the downturn in the rights market.

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Lega Calcio, is adamant that its planned pay-television channel is not simply a ploy to pressure Rupert Murdoch’s Sky Italia into increasing rights fees for the smaller clubs.
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Satellite pay-television operator BSkyB renewed four important golf deals: (1) exclusive live rights for two Ryder Cups (in 2006 and 2008) with European Tour Productions; (2) live rights for 34 events…
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Real Madrid’s classy 3-1 defeat of Manchester United in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final attracted an average audience of 8.89 million UK viewers.