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unusual facts about television rights



Andrew Demetriou

In his role as head of the AFL Commission, he has been responsible for a number of changes, including the expansion of the league from 16 to 18 teams, the restructuring of the tribunal system, and the brokering of two new television rights deals.


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2011 São Paulo Indy 300

NOTE: Under agreement from race organisers, INDYCAR, and Brazilian television rights holder Rede Bandeirantes, there is a two-hour time limit for this race.

Arena Football League on NFL Network

NFL Network held the broadcast television rights the revived Arena Football League from 2010 to 2012.

Bray Cary

In 1998, he joined NASCAR as vice president of broadcasting and technology and helped consolidate all television rights to NASCAR races.

Chinese Jia-A League 1994

The Chinese FA would also sell the television rights to CCTV for 450,000 Yuan and gain sponsorship for the league from Marlboro.

Cricket in England

In 2005 the ECB concluded a commercial arrangement with BSkyB which gave Sky the exclusive television rights for live Test cricket in England for four years (the 2006 to 2009 seasons).

End-of-year rugby union tests

Television rights for the Autumn Internationals are shared by Sky Sports, ESPN, RTE and BBC Sport.

Foundation of the Premier League

ITV offered £205million for the television rights and later increased their offer to £262million but were outbid by Rupert Murdoch who saw it as the make or break opportunity to lure new customers to their loss-making satellite service Sky Television plc who had been advised by Tottenham Hotspur Chairman Alan Sugar.

Trevor East of ITV heard Sugar on the telephone speaking to Murdoch at the Royal Lancaster Hotel in London in May 1992 advising an increased bid for the television rights.

Richard P. Rubinstein

Rubinstein holds the film and television rights to the Dune series of books by Frank Herbert.

Rumble in the Rockies

The second game since the realignment was the first Black Friday college football game to be telecast by the Fox Broadcasting Company, which holds the exclusive over-the-air television rights to Pacific-12 Conference football (with the exceptions of games against the Southeastern Conference and Notre Dame).

Torneos y Competencias

The President of the AFA, Julio Grondona, requested TSC authorities to modify the contract for television rights in order for the AFA to receive 720 million Argentine pesos.