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"ESPN and Sky are understood to have tabled bids for television rights to SPL matches currently held by Setanta Sports. According to press reports, ESPN has offered 90% of the \u00A3125m paid by Setanta for the television rights to SPL matches for four years starting in 2010. Sky is reported to have offered between 60% and 70% of the amount. Lex Gold, executive chairman of the Scottish Premier League, said the SPL was &amp;quot;still in discussions with Setanta&amp;quot; which he expected to &amp;quot;conclude early next week&amp;quot;. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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