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Remarkable turnaround for LaLiga
Just six months ago, Spain’s LaLiga - and its president Javier Tebas - appeared to be in an unenviable position.
Premier League benefits from telco move back to sport
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.
England provides most lucrative Rugby World Cup
Japan’s surprise win over two-time winners South Africa was the most captivating match of this year’s Rugby World Cup. It was also a good result for tournament organisers World Rugby, who need interest in the country to grow as Japan will host the 2019 tournament.
BeIN leaving local rivals behind
BeIN Media Group has become an increasingly important player in the global rights business since its emergence as Al-Jazeera Sport back in 2003.
Serie A records strong growth for MP & Silva
MP & Silva rounded off the international sales cycle for Italy’s Serie A last week, with the league maintaining its position as the third most valuable in Europe.
Premier League continues excellent start to international sales
Perform promises OTT rollout will be “whole different ball game”
Uefa continues strong global growth
With its 2015-16 to 2017-18 global sales cycle all but complete, Uefa is on course to earn about 40 per cent more than it did in the previous cycle, from 2012-13 to 2014-15.
Unions in the cold after IOC deals
LaLiga up to second spot
After signing a domestic deal with Telefónica, and with Mediapro on course to hit bold international rights targets, LaLiga is set to replace Serie A as the second most valuable European football league in terms of media rights.
Olympics deal raises questions for IOC
NC Plus delivers the goods for MP & Silva
FBI’s rude awakening for Fifa
The early-morning raid on the Baur au Lac hotel in Zürich two weeks ago, and the subsequent indictments of senior Fifa officials, has taken the world by storm.
UK bookmakers set for in-house channel revolution
I grew up in a house where horse racing was almost a religion. My grandfather was a groom at a stud farm run by the Hederman family in Limerick from the 1930s to the late 1950s and my father briefly followed in his footsteps when granddad retired.
Villar v Tebas is a sideshow: Spain will adopt collective selling
Given the ructions in Spain this week it was tempting to lead off this blog with another ‘Fight of the Century’ headline, but that would be giving too much weight to a dispute that appeared to be rooted in the politics of personality more than the issues at stake.
How the rights were sold for the ‘fight of the century’
EBU set to renew deal for Uefa European Championship
Uplift in BT deal confirms Premiership Rugby as pay-TV driver
Don’t be misled by the fact that the first big rights deal in the UK after last month’s deals for the Premier League should also involve a hefty uplift. Premiership Rugby is one of the few sports bodies not likely to feel the chill wind of a price squeeze in the UK after its footballing equivalent sucked a lot of life out of the sports-rights ecosystem.