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Subscription streaming operator DAZN has acquired broadcast rights in Germany to next month’s rescheduled Fifa Club World Cup, ending the prospect of a broadcast blackout for the tournament in one of E…
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Brazilian media group Globo is reported to have arranged to meet a delegation from world football’s governing body Fifa to clear the air between the two parties after their relationship has become strained i…
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Fifa, world football’s governing body, has launched concurrent invitation-to-tender processes in Italy for both the men’s and women’s iterations of its World Cup tournaments. T
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Football’s world governing body has launched 'Fifa Sound', a fan engagement initiative combining music and football created in partnership with global music company Universal Music Group.
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Finnish public-service broadcaster YLE and commercial and pay-television broadcaster MTV3 have acquired rights in the Nordic country to the 2026 Fifa World Cup
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TV4 Media, the Telia-owned broadcasting company that operates Swedish commercial broadcaster TV4, and Swedish public-service broadcaster SVT have acquired rights to the 2026 Fifa World Cup
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Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group has agreed its first media-rights deal covering nine markets, as it picks up exclusive rights to the Confederation of African Football’s qualifying competition matches f…
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Danish government-owned broadcaster TV2 and public-service broadcaster DR have added to their recent high-profile rights acquisitions in a deal to show the 2026 Fifa World Cup
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Finnish public-service broadcaster has acquired rights to the 2023 Fifa Women’s World Cup, the only rights-holder in the Nordic region to do so following Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group’s capture of …
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Norwegian commercial and pay-television broadcaster TV2, and public-service broadcaster NRK, have continued their cooperation in the football rights market by agreeing a deal for the 2026 Fifa World Cup
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Brazilian media group Globo is reported to have successfully fought off an appeal from world football’s governing body Fifa over payment of a $90m (€76.1m) sum for rights to a host of tournaments.
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Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group, the Stockholm-based media group, has acquired exclusive rights in Denmark, Norway and Sweden to the 2023 Fifa Women’s World Cup, which will take place in Australia a…
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Simon Thomas, the experienced sports marketing executive who recently exited his position as chief commercial officer at Fifa, football’s world governing body, has become a senior advisor to ColganBauer, t…
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The Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland (OAG) is lining up an appeal against last month’s Federal Criminal Court (TPF) ruling concerning beIN Media Group chairman and Paris Saint-Germain president N…
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BeIN Media Group chairman and Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaïfi has been acquitted of inciting aggravated criminal mismanagement while former Fifa secretary general Jérôme Valcke has be…
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Fifa, football’s world governing body, has initiated broadcast rights sales processes in the Nordic region for the Fifa Women’s World Cup in 2023 and the men’s World Cup in 2026. T
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Simon Thomas, chief commercial officer at Fifa, has decided to leave the Zurich-based international federation after just 12 months in the role, SportBusiness can reveal
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Brazilian commercial broadcaster Globo has been handed an injunction against world football’s governing body Fifa to withhold a $90m (€79.7m) broadcast rights payment.