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The GUARDIAN's Dan Sabbagh reports U.K. broadcasters BSkyB and ITV have secured the rights to show the UEFA Champions League "for three more years in a deal believed to be worth a little under" $665M (all figures U.S.). BSkyB is estimated to pay about $400M, with ITV paying the remaining $265M, and sources said that the two have "both marginally reduced their spending on the rights this time around" (GUARDIAN, 4/28). The deal, the "largest in Europe," will allow ITV "to show one live Tuesday night game, while Sky Sports will show the others" (London INDEPENDENT, 4/28).

BACKUP PLAN: PATCH.com's Paul Devlin reported ESPN/ABC Sports President George Bodenheimer and the company are "ready for plan B if there is no" NFL season. ESPN pays the NFL more than $1B annually to broadcast "MNF," and that would be "a lot of money to re-coup." But Bodenheimer said, "We already have contingency plans if there is not a season. But I'm pretty confident that a lockout will be avoided and a full season will be played." Bodenheimer also is "pretty sure about the future of ESPN and the television industry as a whole." He said, "I'm very optimistic about the future of the business, which has never been better" (PATCH.com, 4/26).

MAKING A SUBSTITUTION: In K.C., Charles Gooch reports MLS Sporting KC TV analyst Sasha Victorine "will not be providing color commentary" for the team's matches "for the time being." Sources said that he "hasn't been let go," but instead "will be focusing on other duties within the organization." Victorine "will still contribute to the broadcast during the pre-game and halftime shows" on KSMO-MYT. Gooch notes play-by-play announcer Callum Williams will be joined by Fox News' Brian Kilmeade for Saturday's match against the Red Bulls (K.C. STAR, 4/28).

VIEW FROM THE CHEAP SEATS: SI.com's Bruce Jenkins wrote "perhaps the most useless camera angle ever devised" was the view Tennis Channel provided "from the distant upper corner of the building" during last week's WTA Porsche Tennis Grand Prix. Jenkins: "When both players were hitting from the baseline, you couldn't see either one of them! ... Don't get me wrong; I love the Tennis Channel. But what the hell?" (SI.com, 4/26).

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