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ARD Sport Dir Axel Balkausky Talks Sports Media Rights, Program Concept And Criticism04 / 25 / 13German public broadcasters ARD and ZDF have always carried the top sporting events such as FIFA World Cup, UEFA European Championships and Olympic Games on their portfolios of channels. With the emergence of private and pay-TV channels, public broadcasters could lose those top events, as they c... |
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