Marc Watson, executive chairman, Eleven Sports Networks
Interview with Marc Watson, executive chairman of Eleven Sports Networks, about the channel's launch in the US on the back of acquiring One World Sports’ distribution assets.
Uefa close to signing off club deals in China, Japan and the US
Uefa will imminently finalise club competition deals for the 2018-19 to 2020-21 cycle in China, Japan and the US.
Suning steps up to fill LeSports vacuum with AFC and CSL rights
Chinese retail giant Suning’s sporting subsidiaries are filling gaps in the country’s media-rights market left by the retreat of streaming operator LeSports.
Lagardère and Mediapro add to agency trend in Latin America
Lagardère Sports and Mediapro deals illustrate the inroads international agencies continue to make in the Latin American sports-rights market.
Experts claim DSport channel must compete for cricket rights
Indian television experts have questioned the viability of pay-television channel DSport – a partnership between Discovery Communications and Indian broadcast executive RC Venkateish which launched in India last week – in its current form.
Splitting rights brings Japanese windfall for Tennis Australia
Striking a digital rights deal is thought to have helped Tennis Australia earn a large increase in Japan for the 2017 Australian Open.
Imagen deals drive splice further into Azteca/Televisa duopoly
Deals struck last month with Mexican clubs León and Pachuca have strengthened media group Imagen and further weakened the former duopoly over Liga MX rights.
Uefa in direct negotiations with top Champions League bidder
Team Marketing, Uefa’s sales agent for the Champions League and Europa League, is in final negotiations with one party – believed to be the Desports agency – over rights in China.
Lagardère takes over Gold Cup international rights from IMG
Agency Lagardère Sports has paid a slight increase to acquire international rights to Concacaf events.
Cricket Australia grows exposure and earns small fee in the Pacific
Cricket Australia will earn about A$65,000 (€46,000/$49,000) per season from free-to-air deals struck in Fiji and Papua New Guinea late last year.
FFA secures ‘whopper’ deal with Fox, yet to sell free-to-air match
Football Federation Australia’s new domestic deal for top-tier A-League rights has succeeded in squeezing a good increase from an uncompetitive landscape.
Bids in for Argentine football but questions remain unanswered
Argentina’s Primera División is beset by uncertainty as a leaderless football association – its government funding withdrawn and a new season imminent – fields offers for its media rights and searches for a new president.