Football

The South African Premiership will remain on free-to-air television during the 2024-25 season after a late sublicensing deal was struck between rights-holder SuperSport and public broadcaster the SABC.

The Premier League’s ability to secure an uplift in its renewal with beIN for its rights in Mena underlines its importance as a driver of beIN’s subscription-based television business.

The increase was driven by continued bullishness around the growth of sports betting in the US and beyond, but also by aggregators jostling for position in a highly competitive market.

England’s Football Association is looking to move swiftly to land a new domestic broadcast deal for England’s women’s international qualifiers and friendlies after issuing a tender, SportBusiness under…

The hazards of private equity investment in football was a strong theme at this year’s IMG x RedBird Summit with Lorin Parys, the Belgian Pro League CEO, issuing a warning over the associated payouts.

BG Sports, an arm of the Boonrawd Group conglomerate in Thailand, has acquired a package of Asian Football Confederation (AFC) media rights from 2024 to 2029

Public broadcaster NOS will remain the major football tournament home in the Netherlands until at least 2030 after landing rights to the next two men's Fifa World Cups.

The newly branded Ninja A-League will benefit from at least 10 free-to-air matches in 2024-25 as part of its naming rights deal.

LaLiga has signed an agreement with China Media Group (CMG) as the league continues to expand its presence in the country following a turbulent period of coverage in recent seasons.

Cercle Brugge's last-minute Uefa Conference League qualification has prompted Belgian telco Telenet to sublicense an extra match to free-to-air broadcaster in Flanders: VRT.

At least five top-tier sports marketing agencies are vying for the chance to sell Uefa Champions League commercial rights from 2027-28 onward, after the deadline for bids passed this morning.

The Belgian Pro League will once again look for a five-season domestic broadcast rights agreement after launching its tender in conjunction with the IMG agency.

Viaplay is streaming free YouTube coverage in the UK of the opening 2024-25 Uefa Nations League fixtures after failing to sell the rights on to a broadcaster

BeIN Sports’ first instalment payment for its slice of Ligue 1 domestic rights remains unpaid with the broadcaster understood to be holding out for full details of the sponsorship inventory it has been awarded.

TV Pública, the state broadcaster in Argentina, has insisted it is in talks to sublicense rights to the Argentina national team for the remainder of the 2026 Fifa World Cup qualifiers after a rare blackout last night.

The Bundesliga will earn around the same in media rights revenues from Indonesia this season as it did last year after Mola agreed to pay a settlement fee and MNC and IndiHome almost made up the difference in one-season deals.