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Discovery looks to rugby to drive Italian expansion
Discovery picks up Six Nations rights in Italy in surprise deal
Watching Brief (Vol.60) Special Focus: Football – Fifa Confederations Cup
As Brazil delivers increased audiences for the Fifa Confederations Cup in Europe’s big five markets, Pauline McVey, analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, runs the numbers
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Rai-Sky Olympic deal leaves ski federation cold
Sky-Rai Olympic deal pleases IOC and Coni, but not ski federation
Watching Brief (Vol.57) Special Focus: Football – Uefa club competitions
Pauline McVey, analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, examines television audiences for the Uefa Champions League and Europa League in Europe’s big five markets
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Rai and Sky left at Lega table
Rai and Sky Italia in Lega Basket rights bids
TV rights 1: Euro 2008, other football, tennis and more
Football: Greek public-service broadcaster ERT acquired the free-to-air rights for all 31 matches of Euro 2008 in a €9.5m (£6.5m) deal with the Sportfive agency. It is the first deal done for the championship.
Rai to join ERT as first rights buyers
Rai set to acquire rights for Euro 2008 from Sportfive.
Sky to bring back multi-channel F1
Sky Italia to re-launch digital multi-channel coverage this season.
Ecclestone finally takes over production of main F1 signal
Formula One Management to take over host-broadcasting from 2007 season.
Rai fashionably late for skiing’s big party
EBU set to get money back for Italian skiing rights.
Juventus leads archive rush
Serie A champions Juventus set to sign a deal with Italian state broadcaster Rai.