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The International Olympic Committee signed a four-Games agreement for the broadcast rights in Korea with South Korean commercial broadcaster SBS.
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Dutch Eredivisie club PSV’s main sponsors Philips extended their contract by five years, until the summer of 2011.
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US broadcaster Fox Soccer Channel agreed a five-year TV rights deal with Soccer United Marketing (SUM) for Major League Soccer.
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Pay-TV broadcaster ESPN could get involved in talks over the pay-TV broadcast rights for the Australian Football League.
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Australian newspaper The Age signed a naming rights sponsorship deal for Australian horseracing’s Caulfield Guineas.
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The Mid-Atlantic Sports Network said it would expand to a 24-hour programming line-up that will eventually feature NCAA basketball, football and lacrosse games.
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UEFA, European football’s governing body, said it would launch the tender process for the marketing of ex-European broadcasting rights for Euro 2008 on 10 August 2006.
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The Indian government is to meet with the country’s broadcasters later this month to discuss the broadcast of the 2010 New Delhi Commonwealth Games.
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Swiss hearing aid company Phonak confirmed that it would stop sponsoring the Phonak cycling team.
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The US Olympic Committee has narrowed down its list of possible bidding cities for the 2016 Olympics to three.
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The US Swimming Championships will get live internet coverage from the World Championship Sports Network.
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The International Rugby Board (IRB) has announced another year of record TV broadcast figures for the popular IRB Sevens World Series.
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The Sportfive agency was reportedly put up for sale by its owners, US private equity firm Advent International.
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The US Olympic Committee is considering the launch of a new 24-hour network, provisionally called the United States Olympic Sports Network.
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The NFL Network acquired the rights for the bowl game in Houston in a multi-year deal that includes exclusive broadcast and naming rights.
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The US Tennis Association said the winners of this year’s men’s and women’s singles championships at the US Open will win at least $1.2 million, up 6.7 per cent from the record payout in 2005.
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The BBC will provide live broadband streaming of this year's Open at Royal Liverpool for the first time.
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NOS and RTL have been awarded broadcast rights to Uefa Cup from 2006-2009 and Uefa Super Cup from 2006-2008 in the Netherlands.