Mediapro ‘to pay €100m’ as part of LFP settlement
Spanish agency and production group Mediapro has reportedly agreed to make a €100m ($120m) severance payment to France’s Professional Football League (LFP) as part of its settlement for the return of …
Téléfoot ‘to close’ as LFP and Mediapro ‘reach agreement’
The Mediapro-owned Téléfoot service will close as part of a deal reportedly reached between the Spanish agency and production group and France’s Professional Football League (LFP) over the non-payment of …
Spring Media OTT platform streams Women’s Champions League matches
The Spring Media agency is streaming live free-to-view coverage of several round-of-32 matches in Uefa’s Women’s Champions League on its dedicated women’s football OTT platform, Wnited.
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Mediapro ‘warns of possible Téléfoot closure’ as Ligue 1 row rumbles on
Staff at the Mediapro-owned Téléfoot channel have reportedly been warned of the possible closure of the channel amid continued wrangling between the agency and the French Professional League (LFP) over t…
WRC launches dedicated channel on Motorsport.tv
World Rally Championship has launched a dedicated channel on Motorsport.tv, the OTT streaming platform operated by digital media group Motorsport Network
Linear rights deals to maintain primacy over D2C for at least a decade, report finds
The continued importance of linear media-rights deals means it will take at least a decade before direct-to-consumer platforms become rights-holders’ main avenue for distributing content, according to a…
Lack of competition smooths way for ITV’s BTCC renewal in UK
UK commercial broadcaster ITV is not thought to have seen any competition in its latest five-year renewal of British Touring Car Championship rights.
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FOOTBALL: Uefa national-team rights value swells in Scandinavia in six-season deals
FOOTBALL: Mena drives Bundesliga fee shortfall, mixed results for Fox replacements
Uefa national team TV rights on the market in Belgium
The CAA Eleven agency has set a December deadline for broadcast rights in Belgium for Uefa national team rights in the 2022-28 cycle, SportBusiness understands.
Court overturns regulator fine on KNVB-backed amateur football streamer VoetbalTV
A Dutch court has ordered that the VoetbalTV OTT platform, which showed amateur football matches, does not need to pay a €575,000 ($674,000) fine levied against it by the country’s Data Protection Aut…