SportBusiness Staff

Rugby

In the latest interactive monthly data report, TV Sports Markets analyses the media-rights landscape in Rugby, including a special focus into the Rugby World Cup.

Football

US pay-television channel GolTV has acquired rights to the Primeira Liga, the top division of club football in Portugal.
Football

The Swedish football league earned an increase of about 120 per cent in the value of its media rights last month as Discovery continued its strategy of buying domestic football league rights in Scandinavia.
Football

Uefa was the beneficiary this month as Israel’s Sports Channel paid a fee increase of about 440 per cent to renew its Champions League rights.
Handball

Germany’s Handball-Bundesliga has eschewed offers from multiple agencies for its international media rights in order to sell market-by-market itself.

In the latest interactive monthly data report, TV Sports Markets analyses the media-rights landscape of selected International Federations, including a special focus into the IOC and the Olympic Games
Football

UK telco BT told TV Sports Markets this week it is “well-placed” to monetise its huge investment in rights to Uefa’s Champions League and Europa League.

Germany’s Bundesliga more than doubled the value of its in-flight and in-ship rights in a renewal with IMG this month.

Motorsport

MotoGP will be shown live in Finland again this season after a one-year hiatus, although it will be earning about 60 per cent less than from its last live rights deal in the country.
Football

Fifa took advantage of the BBC’s failure to acquire women’s Euro 2017 rights to secure a big increase in the value of the women’s World Cup.