Analysis
Canal Plus shores up golf and adds third-tier French football
Beleaguered French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has retained a host of golf properties and added third-tier domestic football rights in recent weeks as it seeks to stem subscriber losses.
Cricket Australia enjoys results of American tender
Cricket Australia improved its exposure and income from North America in a series of deals with NBCSN, Willow and the Asian Television Network.
BEC World breaks bank to claim FIVB rights in Thailand
Thai media company BEC World paid a massive premium to acquire International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) rights in the country.
WSG sweats as Sheikh Salman considers options
Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim al-Khalifa, the president of the Asian Football Confederation, is planning to set up an ad-hoc committee of experts to evaluate the AFC’s options for its rights beyond 2020.
Fox Sports Italy gets Afcon rights
Italian premium sports channel Fox Sports acquired rights in the country to two editions of the Africa Cup of Nations in a deal with the Lagardère Sports and Entertainment agency.
FREE ARTICLE: Premier League international media-rights revenues set to increase by almost 50%
International media-rights revenues for the English Premier League are set to increase by almost 50 per cent in its new cycle, according to research conducted by TV Sports Markets.
Premier League international media-rights revenues set to increase by almost 50%
International media-rights revenues for the English Premier League are set to increase by almost 50 per cent in its new cycle, according to research conducted by TV Sports Markets.
UFC on brink of UK renewal with BT Sport
The Ultimate Fighting Championship is set to complete a new deal in the UK and Ireland with incumbent broadcaster BT Sport which will more than double its current media-rights income.
LeSports takes first bite of expensive Premier League
LeSports has become the first Chinese internet operator to secure English Premier League rights in the upcoming 2016-17 season.
Eleven gets EPL in Chinese Taipei
MP & Silva has made a small profit on its most recent English Premier League sublicensing deal in Asia.
Two more packages to Mediapro
Mediapro last week acquired the remaining two packages of domestic Spanish LaLiga rights for the three seasons from 2016-17 to 2018-19, after a second round of bidding.
Tencent pips LeSports to NHL streaming rights
Chinese internet company Tencent has agreed a six-season deal for digital rights to North America’s National Hockey League.
Premiership value soars as rights are split across Africa
The English Premiership has at least quadrupled in value and significantly increased its coverage in sub-Saharan Africa, taking advantage of competition between pay-television broadcasters
Competition drives up Rugby World Cup revenue in Ireland
Strong competition drove up the value of rights to the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Ireland this week, despite a much worse time zone than in 2015.
Digital growth in China leads WWE to exclusive deal
WWE’s exclusive distribution deal with Chinese digital operator PPTV marks a step change in the wrestling promotion’s approach to the Chinese market.
Seifert: New deals reinforce Bundesliga’s position as one of world’s top three leagues
Christian Seifert, chief executive of the German football league, told TV Sports Markets this week the latest domestic Bundesliga deals would entrench it as one of the world’s top three football leagues.
PDC revenues could jump by 50% in 2017
A series of recently-agreed and impending deals could see the Professional Darts Corporation's global income rise 50 per cent in 2017.
CSL first property for new digital platform Baofeng
New Chinese OTT player Baofeng Sports’ first move in the sports sector was to acquire rights to the Chinese Super League.