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OTT service DAZN has confirmed the addition of the English Premier League to its portfolio of live rights in Canada, in a new three-season deal, from 2019-20 to 2021-22
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UK public-broadcaster the BBC and commercial radio station Talksport have extended their Premier League rights audio-rights deals for three seasons until the end of the 2021-22
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A consortium of major rights-holders is about to launch legal action in the Saudi courts against the beoutQ pirate broadcast operation, which the rights-holders believe is backed by the Saudi government., SportBusiness Media understands.
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US media company Amazon said on Thursday it will turn to BT Sport and its production partner Sunset+Vine to produce its package of 20 live English Premier League games per season acquired for UK broadcast…
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The English Premier League has claimed a victory in its ongoing campaign against piracy after three men were jailed for a total of 17 years for conspiracy to defraud
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Talks between the English Premier League and social media platform Facebook to finalise two media-rights deals in Asia have collapsed, SportBusiness Media understands
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The Pitch International agency has hired Sunil Kaikini, head of international broadcasting at the English Premier League, to the new position of managing director of football
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Web portal Rambler has acquired English Premier League rights in Russia, moving the country’s sports broadcast market further into the digital realm.
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Fifa, along with a group of continental governing bodies and European leagues, has today (Tuesday) issued its latest statement hitting out at the activities of pirate channel beoutQ
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Football’s English Premier League has reiterated its support of beIN Media Group for its ongoing campaign against pirate channel beoutQ.
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The value of Premier League rights in Hong Kong more than halved in the deal agreed last week with PCCW Media, owner of the Now TV pay-television service
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Richard Scudamore, the outgoing chief executive of football’s English Premier League, earned an additional bonus of more than £4m (€4.4m/$5.1m)
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Approximately 10,000 American soccer fans applied to participate in the Premier League Mornings Live fan fest – a joint commercial venture between NBC Sports and the Premier League – in Manhattan on Sat…
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Dutch pay-television broadcaster Ziggo has extended a rights deal for football’s English Premier League and renewed an agreement for golf’s PGA Tour.
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IMG has renewed its deal for English Premier League rights in Eastern Europe and Central Asia for the next three seasons
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Telco Síminn has become the new rights-holder of the English Premier League in Iceland, promising new levels of coverage for the top division of English club football.
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• League has brought in consultants Alvarez & Marsal to advise on OTT platform • New distribution strategy will be in place for the next rights cycle, from 2022-23 season • B

African broadcaster Kwesé TV will begin shutting down its pay-television sports and entertainment channels after a torrid 18 months littered with missed payments and cancelled deals.