Streaming platforms hold key to meeting post-Covid content glut
Pent-up appetite for sports viewing is expected to be released in the immediate aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic, giving rights-holders an opportunity to attract significant new audiences.
Ligue 1 clubs agree to split 2020-24 rights windfall equally
French Ligue 1 clubs have agreed to an equal division of the increase in annual media-rights revenue they will receive during the 2020-24 cycle.
The top-tier clubs will earn nearly €1.2bn ($1.3
Ligue 2 ‘seeks 12.4 per cent’ of LFP media-rights revenues
French football’s second-tier, Ligue 2, is reportedly seeking 12.4 per cent of the Ligue de Football Professionnel’s net media-rights revenues during the upcoming 2020-24 cycle.
BT to show all Bundesliga matches for remainder of season
UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport will show every remaining German Bundesliga match this season as the league gears up for its return this weekend
BT Sport and BBC turn to esports content
UK broadcasters BT Sport and the BBC have turned to broadcasting esports content in a further sign of the sports rights market’s adaptation to the absence of traditional live sport during the current C…
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CYCLING: Prospect of virtual Tour de Suisse prompts rights wrangle
FOOTBALL: Match TV fends off new entrants to retain Uefa club rights in Russia
LFP’s Quillot: Al-Khelaïfi not part of group discussing beIN international rights payment
PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaïfi is not part of the group of French Ligue 1 bosses meeting with pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports to discuss a delayed fee instalment for the international rights …
Sky and BT ‘in talks’ to show Premier League free on YouTube channels
The Premier League is said to be in talks with its main domestic broadcasters, Sky and BT Sport, to show selected matches free of charge on their YouTube channels should the season resume behind closed…
Prospect of virtual Tour de Suisse prompts rights wrangle
The Tour de Suisse cycling race may be held virtually this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. But it is not certain that the Infront agency, which distributes the media rights to the physical event, will have the rights to the e-cycling equivalent.
Canal Plus will pay Top 14 rights fee ‘if clubs’ liquidity threatened’
French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus will reverse its decision not to pay the final fee instalment for this season’s Top 14 rugby union competition if the move severely impacts clubs’ cash flo…