English Premier League
Premier League set to lift 3pm blackout for City-Leeds clash
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.
Masters: PL to launch domestic media rights tender this year, supports 3pm blackout
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.
Global value of sports media rights hits $55bn, to top $60bn by 2024
The global value of sports media rights reached $55.07bn (€52.37bn) this year and will break the $60bn barrier in 2024 as high-profile deals, including the new National Football League and Indian Premier League domestic rights contracts, take full effect.
Premier League and Astro hail ‘landmark’ piracy ruling in Malaysia
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.
European club football spend nears half-billion dollar mark in LatAm
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.
Basketball and football form backbone of Setanta’s new Philippines service
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
SABC reduces Premier League spend in Simuka sublicensing deal
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.
Daraz to stream live Premier League matches in Pakistan
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)
In Focus: English Premier League
SportBusiness Media takes a deep dive into the numbers driving the English Premier League's commercial success.
Premier League defies trends to increase value in Asia-Pacific outside China
The Premier League’s latest round of rights sales in Apac is considered a major success, despite a substantial drop in overall value due to the collapse in the market in China.
Canal Plus ‘opts against’ Premier League sublicensing to RMC Sport
French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus is set to broadcast the Premier League exclusively after opting against a sublicensing of rights ahead of this weekend’s opening fixtures of the new season.
SABC nets free-to-air Premier League rights
South African public-service broadcaster the SABC has secured free-to-air rights to the English Premier League for the 2022-23 season, which starts on Friday
English Premier League returns to CCTV in China
Chinese state broadcaster CCTV will show live English Premier League football this weekend for the first time since 2020
Abema sublicenses Premier League rights in Japan from SPOTV
Japanese streaming platform Abema will show 114 live matches from the English Premier League during the upcoming 2022-23 season under a sublicensing deal with sports streaming service SPOTV Now, the master…
Viaplay adds Premier League to RiksTV distribution agreement
Streaming company Viaplay Group has added its impending English Premier League coverage to its distribution partnership with Norwegian pay-television operator RiksTV
Premier League suspends Russian broadcast deal with Match TV
The English Premier League has suspended its six-season media rights agreement with Russian broadcaster Match TV as the fallout from Russia's invasion of Ukraine looks set to continue into the 2022-23…
Dreambox operator ordered to pay close to £1m in Premier League piracy case
A criminal found guilty of supplying illegal streaming devices providing unauthorised access to content from the Premier League has been ordered to pay back almost £1m (€1.2m/$1.3m