English Premier League (EPL)

The Premier League’s ability to secure an uplift in its renewal with beIN for its rights in Mena underlines its importance as a driver of beIN’s subscription-based television business.

E-commerce company Coupang secured Premier League and FA Cup rights in South Korea after agreeing to pay an increase of over 66 per cent on the league’s current deal with Eclat Media Group.

Singaporean telco StarHub yesterday (Wednesday) unveiled its pricing and packaging for English Premier League coverage from next season onwards

The English Premier League has secured a rare increase for its media rights in Romania, a territory in which other major leagues have seen their value either stay flat or decrease. 

Pay-television broadcaster Star India has renewed its exclusive multi-platform rights for the English Premier League at a reduced fee.

Premier League rights values will increase in Thailand and Indonesia from 2022-23 onward, but have gone down in Hong Kong and Malaysia.

Eclat retains Premier League in South Korea and snatches rights from DAZN in Japan, paying big increases in both deals.

Optus is thought to have faced competition from only one other bidder for the Premier League rights: US-based media group ViacomCBS.

The English Premier League introduced several novel elements in its tender for media rights in Asia-Pacific markets for the new cycle, aimed at cracking what are expected to be some of its toughest sales territories.

Subscription broadcaster Eleven Sports’ deal for exclusive rights in Portugal to the English Premier League was enabled largely due to low first-round bids from competitors.

United Media’s new deal for English Premier League rights will dramatically increase the league’s value in Greece over the next six seasons, while a new deal in Bulgaria has produced a more modest uplift.

The value of the English Premier League’s streaming rights in China has fallen by more than 80 per cent as the country’s sports rights market continues to deflate.

As the fallout continues from the collapse of PP Sports, the media rights value of major European football properties in China has fallen sharply in new deals agreed ahead of the 2021-22 season

Chinese mobile telco and streaming platform China Mobile Migu has acquired rights to the English Premier League in a four-season sublicensing deal with the gatekeeper rights-holder in the market, iQiyi…

The IMG agency has appointed Gus Williamson, former head of rugby union at Sky Sports, and Mike Norrish, previously of rival UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport, to leading positions at Premier League…

Hungarian commercial and pay-television broadcaster TV2 has renewed a rights agreement for football’s English Premier League and signed a new deal to cover the German Bundesliga, while also preparing t…