Analysis

UK viewing data for the week between Monday 25th September and Sunday 1st October. Please note that data is currently not available for Sky Sports Cricket, BT Sport 1 and 2 and ESPN. W

UK viewing data for the week between Monday 18th September and Sunday 24th September. We also look at August's leading audiences on free-to-air television. Watching Brief Vol. 176
Football

In the latest interactive monthly data report, TV Sports Markets analyses the media-rights landscape of football associations, focusing on governing bodies, both international and national.

Football

When FBI raids brought the Fifa scandal to public attention in May 2015, one of the burning questions was: how will football benefit from the crackdown on corruption? The outcome of the Conmebol tender this week provided the clearest answer so far.

Skiing

IMG’s acquisition of Austrian skiing federation international rights has surprised the industry, as the move could change the balance of power in the winter sports media-rights market.

Handball

The European Handball Federation is expected to secure a large increase in the value of its club competition and national team media and marketing rights, with bids due in six weeks.

Football

Fox Sports Africa has bolstered its European football content by acquiring rights to the English Football League and the Turkish Süper Lig across sub-Saharan Africa

Boxing

Sources close to the promoter and broadcaster say the event will comfortably exceed 1m PPV buys in the US, with some experts expecting close to 1.2m.

Basketball

Online streaming platform Tencent is close to agreeing a deal for domestic Chinese Basketball Association rights for a fee close to the total value of the association’s digital rights last season.

Motorsport

Formula One Management has increased its media-rights income from France following last week’s free-to-air deal with commercial broadcaster TF1.

Football

Eleven Sports will begin showing live Serie A matches in Italy this weekend, in a deal which will cost the company nothing but could have multiple advantages.

Golf

Pay-television broadcaster DSport is paying a slightly higher fee than previous rights-holder Ten Sports for the US PGA Championship in the Indian subcontinent.

Football

Brazilian media group Globo is understood to have paid a substantial premium to acquire non-exclusive domestic digital rights to Brazil matches, but would not meet the federation’s valuation of its linear television rights.

Rugby Union

The Pro14 cross-border rugby union league secured the medium-term future of its new format with the agreement of a lucrative deal across sub-Saharan Africa earlier this month.

Paralympics

New Zealand public-service broadcaster TVNZ, in partnership with production company Attitude Pictures, has renewed its deal for Paralympic Games rights for an increase of around 30 per cent.

Motorsport

Dorna Sports has prevented a decline in the value of MotoGP rights in Greece, renewing its deal earlier this month with Cosmote for about the same fee.

Horse Racing

UK commercial broadcaster ITV this month extended its horse racing portfolio by acquiring rights to the 2017 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe for a nominal fee.

Tennis

The stakeholders involved in last week’s inaugural Laver Cup were happy with its global distribution, though it is thought to have generated little media-rights revenue.