Uefa
StarHub, Singtel secure Uefa club competition coverage
Singapore telcos StarHub and Singtel have signed carriage deals with pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports for coverage of the Uefa Champions League and Europa League
StarTimes capitalises on Kwesé woes to grow football portfolio
Pay-television operator StarTimes has acquired a host of European and African football properties in sub-Saharan Africa over the past two months, taking advantage of Kwesé TV’s continuing financial pr…
Broadcasters aim to lower Uefa fees after Turkish lira collapse
Media groups beIN and Saran are seeking to renegotiate their Uefa club competition media rights deals in Turkey, as the further depreciation of the Turkish lira against the euro, dollar and pound has inflated…
Nent secures Euro 2020 rights in Denmark
After a summer of aggressive sports rights acquisitions, Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group has bolstered its content in Denmark, picking up rights to Euro 2020
Astro seals last-minute deal for Uefa Champions League
Malaysian pay-television broadcaster Astro has completed a deal for Uefa Champions League rights in the 2018-19 season, just hours before the competition is set to kick off.
Uefa developing its own OTT service
Uefa has been working on an OTT service to house competitions and content outside of its flagship Champions League and Europa League club competitions
Uefa and CAA Eleven complete raft of late deals
Uefa and its sales agent, CAA Eleven, have finalised multiple deals for national-team media rights around the world with the Nations League to begin this evening (September 6), TV Sports Markets understands.
DAZN closing in on third-party Uefa rights in DACH region
DAZN to pay about €3m per season for third-party Uefa national-team rights, 2018-19 to 2021-22
Deal will cover Germany, Austria and Switzerland; coverage also agreed with ORF and AZ Medien
Uefa to introduce third-tier club competition from 2021
Uefa is set to create a third-tier club competition behind the Champions League and Europa League from 2021, according to German magazine Sport Bild.
Europa League stays flat in Hungary after big Champions League increase
Uefa has now completed its media-rights sales for its club competitions in Hungary after sealing new Europa League deals with pay-television broadcaster Digi Sport and media group AMC Networks
Croatian national team matches sublicensed to Nova TV
After acquiring exclusive Uefa national team rights across the Balkans (Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia) last year, pay-television broadcaster Sportklub has now…
Uefa Champions League to have free-to-air coverage in Fiji
The Uefa Champions League will be broadcast free-to-air in Fiji for the first time after the Fiji Broadcasting Corporation acquired selected rights starting in the 2018-19 season.
Sky New Zealand boosted by Uefa rights extension
Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand has extended its rights deal for the Uefa Champions League and other club competitions organised by European football’s governing body.
Uefa completes slew of deals as new cycle draws close
Uefa has finalised a host of media-rights deals for its national-team properties around the world as the start of its new cycle draws near.
Optus pays up for Uefa rights despite World Cup ‘balls up’
Australian telco Optus will get another chance to stream a major international football tournament despite its troubled coverage of this year’s Fifa World Cup.
Football rights bubble deflates in India after years of boom
Uefa and LaLiga will see significant reductions in their media-rights income from the Indian subcontinent as Facebook and Sony Pictures Networks India capitalise on the region’s cooling football rights market
Eleven adds Uefa Youth League to Portugal portfolio
International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports has acquired rights in Portugal to football’s Uefa Youth League.
Uefa suffers club competition fee decline in tricky Dutch market
The value of Uefa Champions League and Europa League media rights in the Netherlands will decrease by about 27 per cent in the next cycle, TV Sports Markets understands.