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Business of TV Sport
Sportel Monaco 2011

Belgian Champions League deadline tomorrow

Bids for the Belgian rights for the Champions League and Europa League Uefa club competitions are due in tomorrow.
The new deals will cover the three-year period from 2009-10 to 2011-12.

Belgian broadcasters pay combined about €9.5 million a year in the present deals, with commercial broadcasters VMMa in Flanders and RTL-TVI in Wallonia the main rights-holders. Neither are thought likely to face much competition for the rights in the present climate.

VMMa has already said publicly that it will not pay more than the €7 million a year it does now.