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The South African Rugby Football Union (SARFU) has approved the establishment of a business arm to manage all its commercial activities locally and internationally.
Business

EchoStar Communications Corp's $30.4billion (?34.7bn) unsolicited bid to buy the rival satellite television company Hughes Electronics Corp, including its DirecTV subsidiary, on Monday got a mixed response from Wall Street analysts, who applauded the move but largely said it would ultimately be unsuccessful.
Business

Alternative Investment Market-listed Radio First, the UK-based media company aiming to create a national digital radio network around Premiership soccer clubs, has seen its share price jump 8p to 34.5p as excitement builds for the kick off of the new English soccer season.
Media

UK terrestrial broadcaster Channel 5 has picked up the TV rights to the away leg of Liverpool?s Champions League qualifying match against Finnish team SC Haka on Wednesday night.
Business

Online bookmaker Ukbetting plc rose 14 percent on its debut on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM). The estimated #7.5m ($10.7m/?12.2m) raised from the public listing will be used to help Ukbetting expand in Europe and promote its business through interactive digital television and wireless technology.
Business

South African sports brand marketing company SAIL has notified the JSE Securities Exchange South Africa and the Luxembourg Stock Exchange of discussions with the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) to form a commercial partnership in line with SAIL?s strategy of expanding into international sports brands.
Media

Asia?s largest sports broadcaster, ESPN Star Sports is to repackage its Star Sports service, to create two dedicated feeds, Star Sports Southeast Asia and STAR Sports Asia.
Business

Rugby Football League?s (RFL) chairman Sir Rodney Walker has told sportbusiness.com that a new knock-out competition could be introduced to exist alongside the Super League and Challenge Cup.
Media

Spanish language cable network Fox Sports World Espanol has signed a deal for the television rights to the 2001 Major League Baseball (MLB) play-offs and the World Series.
Business

UK cable company NTL has boosted the financially-pressured digital television market by announcing that it has passed the one million subscriber mark for the first time, adding that it was on course to reach its end of year target of 1.25 customers.
Events

The Copa America outstripped the Superbowl and World Series amongst American Hispanics according to research out on Sunday.
Business

Seattle Mariners will have their home games broadcast in Japanese live on the internet from today.
Business

South Africa's Premier League kicks off its new season on Wednesday against a backdrop of legal wrangles, feuding club bosses and growing public apathy.
Business

South Africa's premier league kicks off its new season on Wednesday against a backdrop of legal wrangles, feuding club bosses and growing public apathy.
Business

US satellite TV operator EchoStar Communications has gone public with a $32billion (?36.36) all-stock offer to merge with rival DirecTV after previously withdrawing from the bidding after failing to make progress in private negotiations between the two firms.
Media

The Japanese unit of global communications company Pacific Century CyberWorks (PCCW) is to form a joint venture with Japan's largest entertainment television content firm Yoshimoto Kogyo Co Ltd. to develop sports and entertainment content.
Media

Sportech PLC, the London stock exchange-listed pools promotion, internet gaming, telephone betting, lotteries and lottery management company, is to launch a new sports magazine in September aimed at betting and gaming customers.
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TV Azteca, Mexico?s second largest broadcaster, has signed a deal with satellite TV platform Sky Mexico to allow the latter to broadcast 22 soccer matches from the country?s top division, to which TV Azteca owns the rights, over the next year.