MLB, DirecTV reach agreement
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After weeks of speculation and controversy over an apparent deal between Major League Baseball and DirecTV that would limit access to baseball's Extra Innings package to subscribers of the satellite service, the parties announced the deal yesterday in a conference call, though they would not confirm the details of a widely reported seven-year, $700 million pact.
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Greg Maddux and the San Diego Padres neared agreement Tuesday night on a $10 million, one-year contract.
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The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has agreed a deal with pay-TV operator Sky Sports for all home Test matches, one-day internationals, Twenty20 and county action.
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For the first time in its history, the National Football League concluded only part of a long-term television deal yesterday, settling its Sunday afternoon packages with Fox and CBS through
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Major League Baseball said on  Thursday it reached a deal with satellite television provider  DirecTV Group Inc. to air its out-of-market package of games,  known as "Extra Innings," for the next seven years.
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ESPN and EchoStar Communications Corporation (Nasdaq: DISH) and its DISH  Network&#8482; today announced a multi-year,  multimedia agreement for NASCAR on ESPN.
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XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc.'s deal, potentially worth &#36;650 million, to acquire the broadcast rights to Major League Baseball over at least the next eight years, announced yesterday, was made possible by ESPN radio relinquishing its satellite broadcast rights.
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NEW YORK  - NASCAR and DirecTV will pair up next season to bring racing fans closer to the action than ever before.
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XM Satellite Radio will carry major league baseball games under a $650 million, 11-year deal announced Wednesday, the latest move in a costly race with rival Sirius Satellite Radio to sign personalities and sports leagues as a way of winning customers. -AP
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By Staff and Wire Reports  Liberty Media Corp. will gain control over the satellite television broadcaster DirecTV Group Inc.
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Satellite television broadcast company DirecTV Group Inc. said Monday that it plans to purchase stakes in Sky Brasil, Sky Mexico and Sky Multi-Country Partners from News Corp., Liberty Media Corp. and others for $579 million in cash, as part of a reorganization of the company's Latin American operations.
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Top U.S. satellite radio service XM  Satellite Radio Holdings Inc on Wednesday said it has signed a  deal to air games from Major League Baseball for the next 11  years in a deal worth $650 million.
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WASHINGTON Washington DC leaders and baseball officials have reached an agreement on financing for a new ballpark that would be the future home of the Washington Nationals.
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U.S. cable operators have reached a  tentative accord to carry up to four digital channels of  non-commercial programming offered by public television  stations in each market, the two sides are expected to announce  later on Monday.
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By Katherine Yung, The Dallas Morning News  Sep. 12--DirecPath LLC, a Dallas-based provider of DirecTV, broadband Internet and telephone services to apartments and condominiums, has signed an agreement to acquire Apartment MediaWorks LLC of Atlanta.
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The Internet unit of Major League Baseball on Tuesday said it has reached an agreement to buy online ticket seller Tickets.com Inc. in a deal valued at about &#36;66 million.
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NEW YORK  - Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. Ltd. willsell its stake in Sky Latin America to DirecTV Group, anothercompany which it controls, for $579 million in order toconsolidate operations of the two satellite broadcasters, thecompanies said on Monday.