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ITV wins rights for FA Cup

By Emiko Terazono,Media Correspondent

Published: March 30 2007 03:00 | Last updated: March 30 2007 03:00

The Football Association is expected to announce today that ITV and Setanta Sports have won the live rights to broadcast the FA Cup and England's home international matches, currently owned by the BBC and British Sky Broadcasting.

The two companies, which were bidding against the BBC and BSkyB, offered more than £400m for the television rights for four years starting inAugust 2008.

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