MLS
Garber: Reward outweighing risk in MLS-Apple deal
Major League Soccer’s decade-long, $2.5bn-plus global streaming rights contract with Apple may end up being one of sport’s greatest-ever media deals, commissioner Don Garber has claimed.
TikTok and MLS agree sponsorship, content and programming deal
Short-form video platform TikTok has signed a 'multi-year' agreement with Major League Soccer to become an 'Official Partner' of the league
T-Mobile offers free MLS Apple Season Pass access, DirecTV in commercial premises deal
Mobile carrier T-Mobile is providing Major League Soccer's MLS Season Pass on Apple TV free to its customers and Metro by T-Mobile customers under a company promotion
MLS agrees lucrative long-term betting data and streaming deal with IMG Arena
Major League Soccer has concluded its second major piece of business in the space of a month, agreeing an eight-year betting data and streaming rights agreement with IMG Arena, the betting division of…
MLS agrees Facebook deal for highlights packages
Major League Soccer is partnering with social media platform Facebook to bring highlights packages to Facebook Watch in 2020
beIN acquires MLS rights in Asia-Pacific to 2022
Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has acquired media rights for Major League Soccer in 11 markets in the Asia-Pacific region
IMG sells Strive package to TV2 in Denmark, OTT to be only available in Norway
The IMG agency has sold its entire portfolio of football rights that it was exploiting on its OTT service Strive in Denmark to commercial broadcaster TV2
Sportdigital Fussball adds Belgian league and MLS rights
German subscription broadcaster Sportdigital Fussball has added Belgium’s Jupiler Pro League and USA’s Major League Soccer to its portfolio of football leagues.
IMG ends Strive experiment in Sweden with LaLiga, Serie A, MLS sale to Bonnier
The IMG agency has sealed a deal for rights to Spain’s LaLiga, Italy’s Serie A and the US’ Major League Soccer in Sweden with media group Bonnier. The deal signals the end of its OTT experiment in the country as it had previously been broadcasting the properties on its Strive streaming platform.
IMG sells Strive football package to Bonnier, end of OTT platform in Sweden
The IMG agency has sold rights to Spain’s LaLiga, Italy’s Serie A and US Major League Soccer to media group Bonnier in Sweden, in a move that will end the operation of its OTT platform Strive in the cou…
Eleven Sports acquires MLS rights in Belgium, Luxembourg for 2019-22 cycle
International broadcaster Eleven Sports has acquired exclusive rights to US Major League Soccer in Belgium and Luxembourg from 2019 to 2022, it said on Friday
BeIN acquires exclusive Major League Soccer rights in France
Pay-television broadcaster BeIN Sports has acquired exclusive rights in France to Major League Soccer over an unspecified term
MLS picks SendtoNews for local digital distribution in North America
Digital video distribution platform SendtoNews has acquired exclusive rights to distribute Major League Soccer’s video content to local digital publishers across the US and Canada.
ESPN replaces Fox as MLS partner in Latin America, Caribbean
Sports broadcaster ESPN has acquired rights in Spanish-speaking Latin America and the Caribbean to North America’s Major League Soccer.
Fox Sports nets Dutch rights to MLS, Copa Libertadores
Pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports has agreed rights deals in the Netherlands for North America’s Major League Soccer and South American club tournaments the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana.
Columbus Crew enters 2019 season with new rights partners
Major League Soccer club Columbus Crew has agreed a new multi-year local broadcast rights deal with SportsTime Ohio and Fox Sports Ohio
MLS launches new flagship app which incorporates fantasy information
Major League Soccer is launching a new flagship app as the 2019 MLS campaign approaches
DC United leverages twin impact of Audi Field and ‘Rooney effect’ into new deals
MLS team's commercial prospects given ‘dramatic overhaul’ by move to $400m stadium
Mixed-use development with sportsbook planned to capitalise on sports betting legislation
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