All EFL Cup fixtures available for live UK broadcast in September
English League Cup matches played in September will be shown live in the UK either through incumbent domestic broadcast rights-holder Sky Sports or streaming services
Super League, RFL media-rights tender underway in UK
Super League rugby and the Rugby Football League are believed to have initiated the sales process in the UK for media rights to their respective properties
Dutch amateur football streamer VoetbalTV ‘files for bankruptcy’
The VoetbalTV OTT platform, which showed amateur football matches in the Netherlands, has gone bankrupt after it was found to have breached data protection legislation, according to local media
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MULTI-SPORT: Covid-19 bursts China bubble amid changing political, economic winds
FOOTBALL: AFC and FMA to renegotiate global rights contract
Ziggo gets discount for LaLiga renewal in Netherlands
Dutch telco Ziggo has secured another fee reduction in its latest renewal of Spanish LaLiga rights amid a lack of competition in the market.
L’Équipe TV poised to land French basketball league rights
Digital terrestrial broadcaster L’Équipe TV is reportedly poised to acquire rights to the Ligue Nationale de Basket.
Eurosport close to EHF Champions League rights deal in France
Pan-European broadcaster Eurosport is close to finalising an agreement in France for rights to handball’s EHF Champions League from the 2020-21 season.
Premier League makes all matches available for live UK broadcast in September
The English Premier League has agreed to make all fixtures played in September available for live broadcast in the UK
Uefa to pay €575m broadcaster rebate for Covid-19 disruption – ECA’s Agnelli
European football’s governing body Uefa is planning on refunding €575m ($667m) to rights-holding broadcasters because of the disruption to its club competitions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, according to …
EXCLUSIVE: Channel 5 agrees three-year Monday Night Football deal in UK
UK commercial broadcaster Channel 5 has agreed a three-year deal for rights to the NFL’s Monday Night Football, SportBusiness understands.
The deal is non-exclusive and runs from 2020 to 2022.