Uefa
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
Sky locks out BT from raft of rights but rights-holders are in driving seat
Sky keeps BT at arm’s length with seven long-term rights deals
Sony Six’s January spending spree
In the increasingly competitive Indian pay-television market, Sony Six has begun 2014 on the front foot, snapping up prestigious properties in cricket, football, tennis and rugby...
Prasana Krishnan, head of business, Sony Six
Interview with Prasana Krishnan, head of business at Sony Six, on the broadcaster’s acquisition of the rights to the 2014 and 2018 Fifa World Cups
CAA Eleven issues new Uefa rights tenders
The CAA Eleven agency has today launched an invitation to tender for the media rights in Spain to European qualifiers for the Uefa Euro 2016 and 2018 Fifa World Cup national team football tournaments.
Sportfive is being ‘pruned until there is nothing left’
More top-level defections raise questions about Sportfive International
Reduced French qualifier fee is still good deal for Uefa
TF1 pays less for France matches but Uefa still happy with deal
TF1’s Le Lay says focus is now on major events
Abu Dhabi strikes back after losses
Middle East market could be set to heat up again as Abu Dhabi Media lands European Qualifiers
Laurent-Éric Le Lay, head of sports rights acquisitions, TF1
Interview with Laurent-Éric Le Lay, head of sports rights acquisitions for TF1 and head of TF1 Publicité, on why the French commercial broadcaster has bought rights to France national team football matches.
Uefa set to relaunch Philippines rights tender
Uefa, football’s European governing body, will relaunch the sales process for the media rights in the Philippines to the European qualifiers for the Euro 2016 and 2018 Fifa World Cup international football competitions, along with France’s hosting of Euro 2016, on January 7.
NOS follows Euro 2016 deal with snatch of qualifiers
Second big national team deal in 2013 is insurance policy for NOS
Polsat paid more for Euro 2016 and qualifiers due to Fox spectre
Polsat paid more for Euro 2016 and qualifiers due to spectre of Fox Sports
Murdoch needs Uefa battering ram
Murdoch pays Champions League premium in US and Germany
Abu Dhabi Media Company secures Uefa qualifiers
Pay-television broadcaster the Abu Dhabi Media Company has acquired rights for national football team qualifying matches ahead of the Uefa Euro 2016 and Fifa 2018 World Cup tournaments.
Uefa seals further increases in Hong Kong and Sweden
Uefa does good business for Euro 2016 in Sweden and Hong Kong
Peter Nørrelund, head of sport, Modern Times Group
Interview with Peter Nørrelund, head of sport at multi-territory commercial and pay-television broadcaster Modern Times Group, on the company’s renewal of Champions League rights in Scandinavia