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The Australian Football League (AFL) is set to launch its own broadcast platform, in order to give Aussie Rules fans around the world better access to coverage of the sport.
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Tennis superstar Rafael Nadal has confirmed long-running speculation that he has left the IMG Worldwide agency to establish his own company with agent Carlos Costa.
Events

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has awarded the UK television rights for the Sochi 2014 and Rio 2016 Paralympic Games to commercial broadcaster Channel 4, with the agreement marking the first time the organisation has granted a contract for consecutive events.
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A senior Disney official has revealed that the media conglomerate is “exploring an exit” from the UK market for its sports broadcaster ESPN.
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Six Nations organisers marked the start of the 2013 edition of the annual rugby union tournament by announcing a landmark three-year partnership with YouTube.
Football
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Pauline McVey, analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, looks at televised sport in Russia and considers the impact of the decision by the Russian Premier League to launch its own football channel
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The English Premier League has announced that MP & Silva has been awarded its live broadcast rights in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region until the 2015-16 campaign, while Canal Plus has also extended its deal for the League’s rights in France.
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FC Barcelona has made an innovative move in the digital sphere by launching an official social media platform.
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US major league sport has witnessed another huge media rights deal after Time Warner Cable (TWC) confirmed reports that it will carry the new Los Angeles Dodgers television channel.
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Repucom’s Ed Wooller asks if the NBA is beginning to succeed where the domestic game has failed in the UK.
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The English Premier League has continued its media rights sales drive for the 2013-14 to 2015-16 window by awarding News International the UK near-live clip rights package, while BSkyB has secured long-form linear broadcast rights to add to its already-secured television rights contract.
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Golf’s European Tour has hailed a “historic” broadcast breakthrough after US network NBC agreed a two-year deal to televise live coverage of the 2013 and 2014 Scottish Opens.
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Golf’s European Tour has hailed a “historic” broadcast breakthrough after US network NBC agreed a two-year deal to televise live coverage of the 2013 and 2014 Scottish Opens.
Business

Manchester United has moved to secure sole ownership of its official television channel by acquiring the one-third minority equity stake held by UK pay-television broadcaster BSkyB.
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The Confederation of European Volleyball (CEV) has extended its long-running partnership with Infront Sports & Media through 2021, with the new agreement expanding to include beach volleyball events.
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BT has confirmed that Pitch PR has been appointed to support the launch of two sports television channels this summer, as the telecommunications firm prepares to make its entry into the UK sports broadcast market.
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IMG Worldwide has announced the acquisition of US communications firm Catalyst Public Relations in a deal that aims to bolster its position in the sports and entertainment consultancy sector.
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The National Basketball Association (NBA) has boosted its broadcast exposure in the UK by agreeing a new deal with pay-television broadcaster Sky Sports for the remainder of the 2012-13 season.