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Demetriou in 2018 became a director of Crown
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In 2011, Demetriou was involved in securing a record breaking A$ 1.25 billion TV rights deal for the period of 2012–2016. The deal included unprecedented live TV coverage of the AFL competition in all states of
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had played three home games there in 2007 and, at the conclusion of that season, Demetriou offered the club $ 100 million to relocate there permanently. North
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which manufacture dental products and exports them to 70 markets, including
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