Uefa
Movistar TV acquires European qualifier rights in Spain
Movistar TV, the IPTV platform of telecommunications company Telefónica, has acquired the Spanish broadcast rights, excluding the country’s national team, to European qualifiers for the Uefa Euro 2016 and 2018 Fifa World Cup football tournaments.
BeIN Sports scores enhanced Champions League contract
French pay-television broadcasters beIN Sports and Canal Plus have confirmed the retention of their rights to the Uefa Champions League club football competition from 2015-16 to 2017-18.
Nations League talks will now begin in earnest
Uefa has the federations on board for the Nations League but has yet to discuss how much they will earn
Ligue 1 says it is ‘satisfied’ with modest increase as beIN holds its fire
Last Friday’s French football league rights auction put a large hole in the theory that Al Jazeera-owned pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports is an unstoppable force bent on dominating the local market
All change in rugby, cricket and football
If there is a common thread running through our stories this issue it is change. It is a process that all sports go through, usually to secure increased media exposure and revenue, and occasionally due to power struggles about how that revenue is divided.
NOS holds on to highlights as Fox looks long term
NOS in surprise Eredivisie highlights deal as Fox waits
Romanian league sells domestic rights to start-up company
Mystery media player helps Romanian football league to hold its value
Small Uefa increase in Israel
Uefa secures small increase in Israel
Renewed Fox interest helps Bundesliga in UK
Sky misses Bundesliga but picks up Eredivisie
French league latest winner from beIN Sports v Canal Plus
French handball league is latest winner from pay-TV battle
News UK adds top rugby to roster
News UK adds top rugby clips for its stable of newspapers
F1 value slows in troubled Greece
F1 free-to-air rights value slips in Greece
Champions, Europa League rights sales launched in France, Poland
Uefa, football’s European governing body, has announced the launch of rights sales processes in France and Poland, for the Uefa Champions League and Europa League club competitions.
No clues on key Serie A question
Serie A guidelines give no clues on key question about media rights sales
Sky continues big spending to fortify cricket stronghold
Big-hitting BSkyB lands two more cricket deals to keep BT at bay
FMS close to deal in Singapore, the last of a lucrative Asian sales round
SingTel close to deal for Fifa World Cup rights for 2014
Watching Brief (Vol.72) Special Focus: International and UK TV Sports Viewing – 2013 Review
Mediaset requires fresh investors for pay-TV gamble
Mediaset’s €700m Champions League gamble is part of Italo/Spanish pay-TV plan