Premier League
Sky locks up Premier League rights to 2028 in DACH region
Premier League broadcast rights have been retained in German-speaking countries by Sky Deutschland until the end of the 2027-28 season
Sky remains dominant force in Premier League’s new £6.7bn rights deal
The English Premier League has struck a new £6.7bn (€7.8bn/$8.5bn), four-year domestic media rights deal with incumbents Sky, TNT Sports and the BBC, with online retail giant Amazon dropping out of the picture from 2025-26.
Countdown on: one week left to submit Premier League domestic rights bids
Broadcasters in the UK have just one week left to formulate their domestic media rights bids to the English Premier League with a first-round deadline of November 29 having been set, SportBusiness understands
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
Premier League joins Comcast tech start-up advisor programme
The Premier League has joined the partner consortium for the Comcast NBCUniversal SportsTech Accelerator as strategic advisors to start-ups selected for the annual programme
Five jailed for streaming Premier League matches in £7m scheme
Five individuals behind three pirate streaming organisations offering illegal coverage of Premier League football matches have been jailed for a total of 30 years and seven months
Premier League and beIN enter exclusive talks over Mena renewal
The Premier League is to enter into exclusive negotiations with beIN Sports with a view to finalising a new rights agreement in the Middle East and North Africa with the pay-TV broadcaster
Premier League strengthens ownership rules, Netflix plans scrapped
English Premier League football clubs have approved a number of changes to the league’s Owners’ and Directors’ Test (OADT), including a new disqualifying event for human rights abuses, while plans for a…
Sport 24 extends Premier League rights deal to 2025
Sport 24, the IMG agency’s live sports service for the airline and cruise line industries, has renewed its broadcast deal with the English Premier League for a further three years.
IMG Replay extends Premier League video archive deal
The IMG agency has extended its long-standing, exclusive worldwide deal with the Premier League to manage, license and market the video archive of the top tier of English club football until 2025
IMG signs three-year extension to Premier League Productions deal
The English Premier League has extended a deal with the IMG agency, through which the two parties will continue to operate Premier League Productions
BBC and TalkSport extend domestic radio rights to Premier League
UK public-service broadcaster the BBC and commercial broadcaster TalkSport have agreed three-season extensions to their domestic radio rights deals for the Premier League, the top division of English club…
Premier League international rights revenue outstrips domestic for first time
The Premier League, the top division of English club football, is set to drive more revenue from international, rather than domestic, broadcast rights for the first time in its history, teams have been…
Digi Sport completes ‘big five’ clean sweep with Premier League deal
Romanian pay-television broadcaster Digi Sport will hold rights to all of Europe’s ‘big five’ leagues from next season onwards after securing Premier League rights from 2022-23 to 2024-25.
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TalkSport nets extension to global Premier League radio rights
UK commercial radio broadcaster TalkSport has agreed a three-year extension to its exclusive international audio rights package with the English Premier League
EFL chair Parry hints at end to 3pm blackout for next media cycle
Rick Parry, the chairman of the English Football League, has not ruled out an end to the 3pm blackout when the league’s next media cycle starts from 2024 onwards.
Uefa, Premier League and Canal Plus welcome latest Rwandan piracy ruling
European football’s governing body Uefa, the English Premier League and pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus have welcomed the latest court ruling in Rwanda over the piracy of their broadcast content.