Football
SPFL sells bundle of 20 matches to Premier Sports
The Scottish Premiership will enjoy a marked increase in pay-television coverage from next season onwards after Premier Sports secured domestic rights to 20 matches excluded from the main contract with…
Champions League final takes audience podium in US
The Uefa Champions League final was the third most-watched on record in homes across the United States, while also setting a new milestone for Paramount+, the streaming service.
LaLiga fee stable in Portugal as DAZN shores up content
DAZN renewed its exclusive LaLiga rights in Portugal for five years, following two previous three-year deals, in the face of competition from rival Sport TV.
Sky in box seat for Uefa club competition tenders in NZ
Uefa and its appointed Team Marketing agency have gone to market with European club competition media rights in New Zealand, a tough sales territory given the demise of former rights-holder Spark Sport.
BeIN has prized LaLiga rights locked up in France
BeIN Sports France's hold of exclusive LaLiga rights comes with the property sure to enjoy a surge in interest in Kylian Mbappé’s home country following his high-profile move to Real Madrid.
How the Bundesliga is tackling the most challenging media market ever
In the second of a three-part series looking at challenges for rights-holders in the current market, we look at the German Bundesliga’s strategies to ‘tame the bear’.
TrueVisions nets late Euro 2024 deal in Thailand
TrueVisions has secured rights to all matches from Euro 2024, with the Thai pay-TV broadcaster having also shown all matches from the previous edition in a last-minute deal.
Nova completes sweep of Uefa club rights in Czech Republic
Nova has retained rights in the Czech Republic to the Uefa Champions League, completing its set of European club competition rights for the 2024-27 cycle.
ITV retains EFL highlights to 2027
ITV will continue to show EFL highlights for the next three seasons, SportBusiness understands, as it prepares to add live Championship and Carabao Cup matches to its schedules.
Ligue 2 rights back on market as Ligue 1 talks drag on
France’s Professional Football League (LFP) is expected to re-start the Ligue 2 domestic rights sales process next week as negotiations around rights to the top tier continue to drag on just 78 days b…
BTV, A1 renew Uefa club rights in Bulgaria
Commercial and pay-television broadcaster bTV and Telekom Austria-owned telco A1 have renewed their rights in Bulgaria to Uefa club competitions, ahead of the current three-year deals ending this Saturday with the Champions League final.
Six-team Canadian women’s league to launch in 2025
Canada's professional women's football league has been unveiled as the Northern Super League, which will kick off in April 2025 with six founding member clubs during a challenging time for club football in the country.
Broad Euro 2024 exposure in Russia on Match TV, Okko
This summer's Uefa European Championship will receive blanket coverage in Russia following deals struck with Match TV, the Gazprom Media-owned broadcaster, and subscription streaming platform Okko
Viaplay stands firm to secure Champions League in Sweden, Denmark
Viaplay Group has ended a tumultuous 12 months by strengthening its position as the dominant football broadcaster in its home Nordics region, picking up exclusive Uefa Champions League rights in Sweden and retaining its contract in Denmark.
Serie A takes domestic highlights, radio rights to market
A host of non-exclusive free-to-air highlights packages have been put out to tender by Lega Serie A as it looks to round off its domestic sales process for the coming seasons
Stars align for Uefa to net strong Euros increase in UK
Uefa secured an excellent uplift for rights to Euro 2024 and Euro 2028 in the UK, capitalising on record audiences and the promise of a UK-hosted tournament in 2028.
Infront nets Bundesliga sales remit in cluster of European markets
Bundesliga International has turned to Infront to manage media rights sales in 10 mainly Central and Eastern European countries in the agency's third multi-territory distribution deal in quick succession with a major European league.
EFL set for free-to-air return as ITV closes in on deal
UK commercial broadcaster ITV is close to agreeing a sublicensing deal with Sky Sports for around 20 English Football League matches per season