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Lynne Frank to leave ESPN
Executive who oversaw acquisition of Premier League rights and launch of ESPN UK channel to depart for personal reasons
The executive who masterminded the high profile entry of Disney-owned sports giant ESPN into the UK market is to quit the broadcaster for personal reasons.
Lynne Frank, the senior vicepresident and managing director of ESPN for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, oversaw the grab for Setanta's Premier League rights when the Irish broadcaster plunged into administration in June last year.
Having secured the rights to 46 live Premier League matches for the current season and paid about £150m for 23 matches a year for the three years from 2010 to 2013, she was left with just six weeks to launch a new sports channel to house them.
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www.guardian.co.uk/media
Executive who oversaw acquisition of Premier League rights and launch of ESPN UK channel to depart for personal reasons
The executive who masterminded the high profile entry of Disney-owned sports giant ESPN into the UK market is to quit the broadcaster for personal reasons.
Lynne Frank, the senior vicepresident and managing director of ESPN for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, oversaw the grab for Setanta's Premier League rights when the Irish broadcaster plunged into administration in June last year.
Having secured the rights to 46 live Premier League matches for the current season and paid about £150m for 23 matches a year for the three years from 2010 to 2013, she was left with just six weeks to launch a new sports channel to house them.
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www.guardian.co.uk/media
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See we have coverage of the Twenty20 Cricket between New Zealand and Sri Lanka taking place in the US on now.
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ESPN gets UK rights for 40 football internationals
The UK arm of sports broadcaster ESPN has boosted its football content portfolio with the broadcast rights for 41 international football matches.
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WWW.SPORTBUSINESS.COM/NEWS
The UK arm of sports broadcaster ESPN has boosted its football content portfolio with the broadcast rights for 41 international football matches.
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WWW.SPORTBUSINESS.COM/NEWS
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Sounds like a similar situation to when Setanta did the same and in the package got lots of England/Scotland/Wales/NI/RoI away qualifying games and ended up with people complaining about them.
http://www.kentarogroup.com/business-areas/federations/partners.html are the rights Kentaro have.
Depends on the draw for the Euro 2012 qualifiers to what games they will get.
http://www.kentarogroup.com/business-areas/federations/partners.html are the rights Kentaro have.
Depends on the draw for the Euro 2012 qualifiers to what games they will get.
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Wales v England / England v Wales?
Sounds like a similar situation to when Setanta did the same and in the package got lots of England/Scotland/Wales/NI/RoI away qualifying games and ended up with people complaining about them.
http://www.kentarogroup.com/business-areas/federations/partners.html are the rights Kentaro have.
Depends on the draw for the Euro 2012 qualifiers to what games they will get.
http://www.kentarogroup.com/business-areas/federations/partners.html are the rights Kentaro have.
Depends on the draw for the Euro 2012 qualifiers to what games they will get.
Wales v England / England v Wales?
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ESPN signs Rugby 7s deal
The sports broadcaster ESPN has agreed terms with the Premiership Rugby League for the exclusive UK broadcast rights to the JP Morgan Asset Management Premiership Rugby 7s.
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WWW.TECHWATCH.CO.UK/2010
The sports broadcaster ESPN has agreed terms with the Premiership Rugby League for the exclusive UK broadcast rights to the JP Morgan Asset Management Premiership Rugby 7s.
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WWW.TECHWATCH.CO.UK/2010
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ESPN UK signs deal for exclusive broadcast rights of Caribbean T20 tournament
The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and ESPN have agreed a partnership giving ESPN UK exclusive broadcast rights for the inaugural Caribbean T20 Tournament which will be played from 22 to 31 July.
The tournament, which will form part of the annual WICB calendar, will have the first round played in Barbados (22 to 25 July) with the latter stages held in Trinidad (28 to 31 July).
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WWW.MAD.CO.UK/MAIN
The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and ESPN have agreed a partnership giving ESPN UK exclusive broadcast rights for the inaugural Caribbean T20 Tournament which will be played from 22 to 31 July.
The tournament, which will form part of the annual WICB calendar, will have the first round played in Barbados (22 to 25 July) with the latter stages held in Trinidad (28 to 31 July).
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WWW.MAD.CO.UK/MAIN