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Al Jazeera and Canal Plus have snapped up domestic Ligue 1 broadcast rights within France after the French Football League awarded five of the nine packages covering the 2012-16 seasons.
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ESPN has unveiled its pre-season programming line-up for the UK, with the network set to air a host of friendlies featuring Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool on an exclusive basis.
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New broadcast deals have been struck by the media distribution partners of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) in Belgium, Australia and Singapore.
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The SportAccord Convention has announced that the main hotel for next year’s event in Québec will be the famous Fairmont Le Château Frontenac.
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ESPN Star Sports has sealed a new three-year rights deal to air Spain’s La Liga in 18 Asian markets and promised more convenient kick-off times for audiences across the continent.
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Debate, best practice and networking as industry leaders gathered in Paris.
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France-based Sport Universal Process (SUP) has completed a 100% takeover of performance analysis service Prozone Sports from Sky Blue Sports and Leisure.
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The future of the Los Angeles Dodgers is once again in limbo after Major League Baseball (MLB) rejected a proposed TV contract that would have thrown the beleaguered franchise a financial lifeline.
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ESPN International and Fox Sports Latin America have acquired pay-TV broadcast rights to the UEFA Champions League and Europa League covering Central and Latin America.
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The Badminton World Federation (BWF) has announced the soft-launch of an official live streaming and video-on-demand channel on YouTube.
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Spanish La Liga club Real Madrid has made cuts in the funding of its television channel, Real Madrid TV, as part of a wider package of measures aimed at reducing costs.
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YouTube has expanded its commitment to sports broadcasting by announcing it will stream the upcoming Copa America live to more than 50 countries around the world.
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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) stepped up its fight against illegal betting in sport on Wednesday by hosting a meeting of sports officials, government ministers and Interpol in Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Sportfive has completed its first broadcast deal for the 2014 and 2016 Olympics by awarding TV2 the Norwegian rights to the Sochi and Rio de Janeiro Games.
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Fox Soccer will start to bundle multi-platform content packages in the US to allow subscribers the option of watching games via computers and tablet devices, the broadcaster announced on Wednesday.
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Serie A will stage an emergency meeting this evening to discuss the backing given this weekend by the Italian government for the position of the country’s top five clubs in the long-running dispute over how to carve up television revenues earned last season.
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RAI has snapped up the exclusive Italian broadcast rights to Euro 2012, UEFA announced on Thursday.
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The BBC has announced it will broadcast the men's and women's singles finals at this year's Wimbledon Championships live in 3D.