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British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC has won three of the six packages on offer in the auction for the right to televise live English Premiership football.
A second round of bidding has opened for the remaining three packages, said the Premier League in a statement.

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The entire contents of the 250,000 square foot manufacturing site of a bankrupt printed circuit board manufacturer is being disposed of by way of webcast and on-location aution.
Circatex Group Ltd. (South Shields, England) went into administration in January 2006 and the company ceased trading in March. The company had been created by a [...]

A host of celebrities have put pen and paint to canvas to help raise money for a Northern Irish charity.
Former Boyzone star Stephen Gately, Dr Who’s Billie Piper, the Lord Mayor of London Ken Livingstone, actors John Hurt and Neil Morrissey and king of satire Ian Hislop are among the star-studded line-up who have put [...]

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H&H’S automobilia sale of April 11 at Buxton was especially well attended and achieved very impressive results, with the vast majority of the lots finding new homes.
Of particular note were the battery-powered Bugatti child’s car that made over £1,900, the pre-war Exide showroom lightbox that fetched nearly £1,700, the Minerva 8-litre bonnet mascot [...]

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Britain’s Office of Communications said 12 companies have been provisionally awarded wireless telegraphy licenses.
The licenses are for the 1781.7-1785 MHz paired with 1876.7-1880 MHz bands, and Ofcom said they should be granted from the week starting May 1.

eBay today announced the launch of a preview version of eBay Express, a site that is more conventional than its online marketplace and one that the company’s largest and most experienced merchants were eagerly awaiting.
eBay Express, announced in January, is now online in a preliminary format. During this preview period, which will last several weeks, [...]

Many Irish viewers could be able to watch Premiership games for nothing from 2007 simply by tuning into BBC and ITV, the English Premier League has admitted.
The British television rights are up for grabs this Thursday, when at least five broadcasters, including the BBC, ITV, BSkyB and Irish firm Setanta, are expected to pitch for [...]

Over 200 works from the studio of recently deceased Dublin artist Patrick Leonard, HRHA, come under the hammer on Wednesday, providing a unique opportunity to purchase paintings from this fine painter.
The lots on offer have been hand-picked from Leonard’s personal collection, making the retrospective an exclusive opportunity for art enthusiasts to view and buy from [...]

Tickets for the Heineken European Cup semi-final have changed hands for up to €850 each and hotels were nearly at capacity as rugby fever gripped the capital.
Pub and club owners are also looking forward to a bumper weekend as supporters without tickets watch the clash in watering holes around the city.
Fine Gael sports spokesman Jimmy [...]

Online auction giant eBay has had talks with both Yahoo and Microsoft to discuss a potential alliance against the threat of Google, reports the Wall Street Journal. Under one scenario, the talks could lead to an alliance in which eBay would boost its advertising spending with its chosen partner and provide access to data it [...]

Irish pay-TV broadcaster Setanta confirmed on Friday that it will bid for two of the six packages in an auction for Premier League football rights.
“We are interested in bidding for two packages. This would be at the lower end of the scale,” a spokesman told Reuters.
Premier League rights, divided into six packages of 23 games [...]

A host of stars including Bill Nighy, Alan Rickman, Dame Maggie Smith, Emma Thompson and Nell McAndrew have all thrown their hats in the ring for a new charity fundraising drive.
The celebrities have all donated hats to be sold in the Debra charity`s “Celebrity Mad Hatter eBay Auction” which will be launched this month to [...]

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Around €15m worth of art, due to go under the hammer next month, is this week on show to the public.
Works by Lavery, Lowry, Munnings, and Turner are among the pieces in the free exhibition in Dublin’s Merrion Hotel tomorrow and Friday.
The items are all part of Christie’s 10th Anniversary Sale of Irish [...]

PayPal, the money transfer arm of online auction giant eBay, is leasing the entire Atrium building at Blanchardstown for an annual rent of around 1.1 million, giving Dublin’s suburban office market a major boost after years of double-digit vacancy rates.
The e-commerce firm has signed up for two five-storey blocks, which total 6,968.66sq m (73,934sq ft) [...]

Kilkenny County Enterprise Board and the Irish Internet Association are presenting a seminar on ‘Making the Internet Work For You’. The seminar takes place on Thursday 20th April in the Lyrath Estate Hotel, Kilkenny.
The keynote speaker on the day is David Jesse, Managing Director of eBay.ie Ireland. Other speakers include John Mitchell, MD of Strata [...]