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German pay-tv broadcaster Premiere has acquired three-year broadcast rights for the English Premier League. Premiere will screen three live matches a week.Reuters
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German public television networks ARD and ZDF cashed in on the soccer World Cup to the tune of $28 million, accoridng to loccal rpeorts.
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Qantas has signed a one-year sponsorship deal with the Australian Grand Prix Corporation to back this year's Australian 500cc Motorcycle Grand Prix.
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Aston Villa, the Premier League football club, has announced annual pre-tax profits of #11.7m, against a loss of #3.9m last year.
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The Australian Commonwealth Games Association is facing is facing financial troubles, according to Melbourne newspaper The Age.
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Canal+ has purchased the television rights to Premier League football in Scandinavia.
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The Football Association has announced a new #25million four-year sponsorship deal for the FA Cup with insurance giants AXA.
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Cable sports channels could be cut out of the basic package arangement if a move by Republican Congressman Billy Tauzin is appproved.
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French pay television group Canal Plus has reported half-year subscriptions of more than 10.3 million, a 21% increase on the same period last year.
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The future of traditional football pools betting in the UK is under threat.
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Organisers of the XIII Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Canada, are confident of working out "some hiccups and bumps" ahead of the third largest multi-sport event ever staged in North America.
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English Channel 5 has become the NFL's terrestrial partner under a new deal signed to broadcast weekly games live.
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Satellite providers NTL and Williams Vyvx Services have announced an alliance to deliver comprehensive occasional video services to the global broadcasting community.
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The doping scanadal which threatens the commercial credibility of the troubled Tour de France has flared again after French authorities raided the hotel of Dutch team TVM after the race's 16th stage taking four riders for medical tests.
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World Cup soccer boosted income at Mexico's second rated broadcaster TV Azteca.
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Work will re-start this Autumn on Oxford United's #15 million stadium after a mystery buyer emerged to save the debt-ridden club.
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Twenty-three-year NBC veteran Randy Falco is taking over as president of the NBC TV Network this fall, replacing Neil Braun, who announced his resignation and plans to join the bidding for Polygram Filmed Entertainment.
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Howie Long has signed a new five-year contract with Fox Sports, ensuring that "Fox NFL Sunday." will keep the same lineup.