SportBusiness Staff

Just six months ago, Spain’s LaLiga - and its president Javier Tebas - appeared to be in an unenviable position.

John Manning, research analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, reviews television audiences across the big five markets for the recently concluded Formula One World Championship

Telco Altice last week blindsided French broadcasters to acquire Premier League rights in the country with a knockout first-round bid.

Motorsport’s Formula E, which began its second season on October 24, seems to be here to stay. All of the key performance indicators from the championship’s inaugural season point to its commercial success, something that has eluded other motorsport challenger series.

With a new round of international broadcast deals in place from the 2015-16 season of French rugby’s Top 14, rights distributor Canal Plus has increased the value of the rights 10-fold in the last six seasons.

Norwegian public-service broadcaster NRK renewed two vital skiing rights deals last month, agreeing to pay decent increases for both.

Interview with Nicolas Rotkoff, chief executive of entertainment and sports for Altice, on the telco’s acquisition of English Premier League media rights in France.

Interview with Ali Russell, Formula E's director of media, marketing and communications, about the series' success in its first season and its plans for the future.

Media rights clips from November 19 to December 2

That the Premier League continues to pull in huge sums for its media rights is no surprise – but Altice’s acquisition of the rights in France, and dislodging of the league’s long-time partner Canal Plus, was definitely met with a few raised eyebrows.