Does that make it a kind of elance, where producers have to bid against each other?

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El Al has seen cases in which friends traveling together bid against each other to see who can win the auction.

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Conference administrators felt going to the open market would net the Big East a better deal by forcing networks to bid against each other.

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The two current MPs could be pitted against each other in a bid to win the support of local Conservative associations and represent the party at the next election.

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