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·   Football: African broadcasters acquired the rights for the African Cup of Nations in a series of last-minute deals with the LC2 agency. 
Football

Football: Greek public-service broadcaster ERT acquired the free-to-air rights for all 31 matches of Euro 2008 in a €9.5m (£6.5m) deal with the Sportfive agency. It is the first deal done for the championship.
Football

Media Partners & Silva set to take a long-term stranglehold on the international rights of Serie A clubs.

Football

Talpa signs deal for Dutch national football team away qualifiers.

Football

Rai set to acquire rights for Euro 2008 from Sportfive.

Football

Audiences fall in 17 out of 19 European markets.

Football

Shock award of international media rights for German league football

Football

France, Italy, UK and Nordic region the only European territories covered so far.

Darts

Golf: The US PGA Tour signed new six-year deals with the CBS and NBC networks, from 2007 to 2012.

American Football

Football: The German Football League awarded the rights for the Bundesliga in several three-year deals covering 2006-07 to 2008-09.

Football

Terrestrial television viewing of sport had a good year in 2004

Football

Versatel has jumped into the vanguard of an emerging movement by telecoms companies to seriously challenge broadcasters for live television rights.

Football

Analysts claim that Australian commercial broadcasters Seven and Ten overpaid for Australian Football League rights

Football

Italian Parliament votes for collective selling of football rights
Athletics

UK broadcasters experience a mixed 2005 for television-sport viewing.

Football

Victory for three small German cable operators in Bundesliga rights battle.

American Football

• Formula One: German free-to-air sports broadcaster DSF acquired a package of Formula One rights for the 2007 season.

Football

Football: French commercial broadcasters TF1 and M6 reportedly acquired the rights for football's Euro 2008 in a deal brokered by the Sportfive agency.