England

Leading teams in the English Premier League remain keen on obtaining a larger proportion of centrally-sold commercial rights revenues, according to outgoing Liverpool chief executive Ian Ayre.

The Turner International division of US media company Time Warner has made an equity investment in London-based digital media sports firm Bigballs Media (BBM), parent company of football-focused digital video platform Copa90.

The England and Wales Cricket Board intends to launch a tender process for its whole portfolio of broadcast rights, including a new domestic Twenty20 tournament, this summer, according to the Daily Mail.

UK commercial broadcaster ITV and pay-television broadcaster Sky are set to acquire rights to the latest package of football rights for the England national team offered by European governing body Uefa, according to the Daily Mail newspaper.

Online streaming company PPTV has acquired rights in China for football’s English Premier League.

International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports Network has agreed a deal to carry the in-house television channel of English Premier League football club Chelsea in Singapore.

English Premier League football club Manchester City earned €83.8m ($92.18m) in Champions League prize money last season to top the table of payments from European football’s governing body Uefa, thanks to the strength of its national television market.

Spanish public-service broadcaster TVE has agreed a two-season rights deal for English club football’s FA Cup, according to the El Confidencial Digital website.

Manchester City has made its in-house media platform CityTV available through Fire TV, the streaming service of internet company Amazon – a move it claims is a first for an English Premier League football club.

The Rugby Football Union has said it will provide free live streaming of the forthcoming Championship game between London Irish and Yorkshire Carnegie.

England’s Football Association has confirmed international media-rights deals with the IMG and Pitch International agencies covering the FA Cup domestic knockout tournament.

Premiership Rugby, the governing body of the top division of English rugby union, has extended and expanded its partnership with digital sports media group Perform.

International sports broadcaster Eurosport has secured exclusive rights for the English Football League Cup knockout competition in Brunei and Malaysia.

England’s Football Association is set to break the billion-dollar barrier for its international media rights, excluding the UK, in deals agreed this week with the IMG and Pitch International agencies, TV Sports Markets understands.

English Championship football club Wolverhampton Wanderers has agreed a landmark rights deal with Chinese internet company LeSports.

English Premier League football club Manchester City has entered into a partnership with Indian digital media company Veqta.