English Premier League

The multi-pronged legal battle between the Premier League and Manchester City boiled over into a damaging media briefing war this week, as both sides attempt to shape the narrative around the outcome of City’s challenge to the league’s Associated Party Transaction rules.

DAZN has renewed its exclusive media rights to broadcast the English Premier League in Spain and Portugal from 2025-26 to 2027-28 as it continues to solidify its football portfolio across Europe

Central Asia is the next region in which Premier League and FA Cup rights have been sold together, with the Saran Media Group picking up the contract to 2027-28

The English Premier League’s first domestic media rights auction for almost six years has produced an overall uplift of just over three per cent, prompting sighs of relief across offices in Paddington, Isleworth and Chiswick.

The English Premier League has released its much-anticipated domestic media rights tender, choosing to increase the number of live matches per season from 200 to 270 and preserve the Saturday 3pm blackout…

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)…

The FA’s decision to cede control of FA Cup international rights to the Premier League could be confirmed next Monday, July 17, as the governing body looks to prevent a reduction of about $235m in its media rights revenue over the four seasons from 2024-25 onward.

The Premier League has approached England's Football Association with a framework that would see the league sell the FA's international media rights alongside its own in a long-term partnership beginning with the 2024-25 season, SportBusiness understands.

The value of the English Premier League’s media rights in Hungary steadily increased over the last two cycles, SportBusiness Media has learned.

The Premier League increased its rights fee in Cyprus after allowing broadcasters to use English-language commentary and show all 380 matches per season, SportBusiness Media has learned.

The English Premier League has sought to temporarily lift the 3pm blackout to allow next month’s match between Manchester City and Leeds United to be shown live domestically.

The English Premier League will take its domestic media rights to market this year but is unlikely to support a challenge to the 3pm blackout rule, its chief executive Richard Masters has said.

The English Premier League and Malaysian pay-television operator Astro have hailed a “landmark ruling” after an eatery in Kuala Lumpur was found to have breached copyright laws by showing pirated sports broadcasts.

Media groups across Latin America are spending just under half a billion dollars on top-tier European club football rights in the current 2022-23 season, almost all of which is driven by the Premier League, LaLiga and Uefa club competitions.

Setanta Sports has announced the launch of a linear and streaming platform in the Philippines, with a content portfolio focused on basketball and football, including top European leagues

Simuka secured its Premier League rights in each territory from the Infront agency, which holds free-to-air rights to one Premier League match per week across sub-Saharan Africa from 2022-23 to 2024-25.

E-commerce platform Daraz has acquired live streaming rights in Pakistan to the English Premier League in a three-season sublicensing deal with state broadcaster Pakistan Television (PTV)

SportBusiness Media takes a deep dive into the numbers driving the English Premier League's commercial success.