Europe
Premier League to vote on more games in next domestic TV cycle, closer to EFL distribution deal
Premier League clubs will meet next week to vote on the number of games to be sold in the next domestic TV packages starting in 2025, and are moving closer to a deal with the English Football League (EFL)…
Canal Plus makes pre-emptive strike with Premier League renewal in midst of Ligue 1 tender
Pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has hailed the importance of the English Premier League to its audience, after retaining exclusive rights in France just as domestic rights to Ligue 1 are on the market
Skweek launches in UK after amassing basketball rights in France
Skweek, the basketball streaming platform owned by Monaco-based Fedcom Media, has made the UK its second market after launching in France last year on the back of various rights acquisitions
Uefa avoids club competition decrease in Spain with Telefónica, LaLiga TV Bar deals
Uefa and Team Marketing have prevented the first media rights income decrease of the 2024-27 cycle, splitting residential and ‘horeca’ rights in Spain to eke out a marginal uplift.
Fite nets first football rights deal in Europe
Streaming platform Fite has secured exclusive rights to the AFC Champions League for two seasons in the UK and Ireland, Belgium, France and the Netherlands, more than a year after its proposed deal for…
Viaplay’s lenders appoint adviser to aid debt negotiations
Banks that have loaned money to Viaplay have appointed an external adviser to aid negotiations over the subscription streaming broadcaster’s debt burden, it is claimed.
RTVS attacks Slovak Extraliga rights award after missing out on sublicence
Slovakian public broadcaster RTVS has criticised the award of rights to the country’s top-tier ice hockey league to TV Joj after failing to reach terms on a sublicensing deal with the commercial network.
UK PSBs unite to form new free TV streaming service
Everyone TV, the organisation which runs free TV in the UK and is jointly owned by the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5, has unveiled plans for a new streaming service which aims to help ensure public-service television is sustained into the future.
Spain knocked off the top as Telefónica secures reduced price for Euroleague
The value of EuroLeague rights in Spain is set to fall for the first time since 2013 as limited competition in the market allowed Telefonica to secure a reduced price for the rights.
BeIN hampered by French legislation over Plus500 sponsorship in Champions League
Pay-TV broadcaster beIN Sports has once again been forced to curtail some of its live football output in France because of legislation pertaining to online financial trading firm Plus500.
No Polish free-to-air Champions League coverage on TVP
Polish public-service broadcaster TVP has failed in a bid to negotiate a Uefa Champions League sublicensing deal ahead of the start of the group stage this evening (Tuesday)
OneFootball retains Deutsche Telekom distribution contract
OneFootball has renewed another key media deal in its home market after extending its agreement with Deutsche Telekom to stream live and highlights coverage of matches from German men’s football’s thi…
Ekblad joins FA as ‘broadcast lead’ for women’s football
Sports executive Andrea Ekblad has joined the Football Association as ‘Broadcast Lead - Women’s Professional Game’, in a role that covers the top two tiers of women’s football in England, the Women’s Super Lea…
ITV regains rights to England qualifiers, gets Nations League to 2028
ITV has re-established itself as the home of the England men's national football team, after the UK commercial broadcaster picked up a slate of rights for the 2024 to 2028 cycle
EBU strikes America’s Cup deal, some major European markets excluded
The European Broadcasting Union, the umbrella body of free-to-air broadcasters, has acquired media rights in 39 European territories to the 37th edition of the America’s Cup, sailing’s blue-riband eve…
DFB lands in-house women’s Bundesliga TV deals in key regions, Stats Perform betting deal
The German Football Association (DFB) has four major contracts in place for international media rights to the Google Pixel Frauen-Bundesliga, ahead of the start of the 2023-24 season later today (Friday)
ESPN edges closer to Eredivisie deal as rival bid consortium calls foul
Dutch football’s Eredivisie is edging closer to signing off a renewal with incumbent domestic broadcast rights-holder ESPN but in a deal spanning five seasons and not 10 as initially envisaged.
Spring Media to distribute rights to table tennis’ new ‘Ryder Cup’
A new global table tennis event featuring some of the sport's leading male and female players, and based loosely on golf's Ryder Cup, is to debut later this year