Analysis
ATP follows WTA in securing Latin American increase
The ATP World Tour earned a strong increase in the value of its rights in Latin America last month after renewing its deal with ESPN.
Vuelta down in home market
The value of Vuelta a España rights in Spain fell for the third successive time in a renewal with TVE last week.
MotoGP grows in Americas
MotoGP’s deals in the Americas with beIN Media Group and ESPN have significantly increased the value of the motorcycling series in the region.
PGA Tour doubles up with Neo
Watching Brief (Vol.121) Special Focus: Rugby Union – Six Nations Championship
John Manning, research analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, examines television audiences for this year’s Six Nations Championship
IMG strengthens ties with growing Chinese Super League in strategic rights acquisition
IMG’s distribution deal for the Chinese Super League’s international rights is a strategic acquisition of a property that’s “going places”.
Premier League free-to-air fee falls in Africa
The value of the English Premier League’s free-to-air rights in sub-Saharan Africa has fallen by about 17 per cent after a difficult cycle in which the last rights-holder handed back its rights.
RTBF and Telenet share F1 spoils across Belgium
Formula One Management this month extended a deal with Telenet for Flemish-language rights in Belgium, earning a decent rights-fee increase.
Shankai to gain from Uefa rights
Chinese sports marketing company Shankai Sports is expected to make a substantial profit on the streaming rights to Uefa properties it acquired last year.
Econet takes over EFC contract
Telco Econet Wireless has paid a huge increase to land rights to the Extreme Fighting Championship across sub-Saharan Africa.
Saran struggles with NBA as Turkish interest wanes
The Saran Media agency’s barter deal with Turkish commercial broadcaster TV8 for National Basketball Association rights demonstrates how local interest in the NBA has waned over the last two years.
Clubs chafe at FLi digital deal but have few options
The English Football League is battling to keep all of its clubs locked into a collective agreement for the exploitation of digital rights
New format for Belgian second tier drives revenues
Introducing a professional format from 2016-17 and reducing its number of clubs has helped the Belgian second-tier football league more than double the value of its media rights.
Coliseum opts for OTT in Asia and quits New Zealand
New media player Coliseum has developed into a pan-Asian service and will wind down operations in its home market of New Zealand.
MP & Silva the beneficiary of new OTT competition
Emerging competition in Japan’s digital sector helped the MP & Silva agency earn significant profit on its deals for England’s Premier League and Spain’s LaLiga.
TVR’s struggles mean deal for Euro 2016 looks difficult
Huge debts and the threat of insolvency mean TVR, Romania’s public-service broadcaster, is struggling to agree a deal for this summer’s Euro 2016.
Digiturk secures share of Euros
Turkish state broadcaster TRT is set to sublicense a package of Euro 2016 matches to pay-television operator Digiturk.
Chelsea follow United in-house
English Premier League club Chelsea will take the global distribution of its Chelsea TV channel in-house, TV Sports Markets understands.