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Team Marketing looks to recruit senior commercial lead
Team Marketing, the Luzern-based agency that markets the broadcast, sponsorship and licensing rights to Uefa club competitions, is looking to recruit a senior commercial lead to sit within the media partnership…
Premier League fills void in China with one-season Tencent deal
The English Premier League has agreed a deal with Chinese digital platform Tencent for the media rights to the competition in the country for the remainder of the 2020-21 season
Pro League eyes longer European TV deals, new kick-off slot attracts Asian interest
Belgium’s Pro League is working with media rights-holder Eleven Sports, the subscription broadcaster, and the Mediapro agency to secure longer contracts with broadcasters in Europe, while a new 1:30pm (…
Stats Perform enters into Premier League data collaboration with Beyond Sports
Data and technology company Stats Perform has agreed a multi-year deal with Dutch AI-based visualisation company Beyond Sports for the usage of its positional tracking data of football’s English Premier L…
Football Marketing Asia director Yu Hang to leave
Yu Hang, a director at the Football Marketing Asia agency, is leaving the business in the coming months, SportBusiness understands
Court upholds Sky Italia’s €7m fine over Serie A marketing
The regional administrative court of Lazio (Tar) has upheld the €7m ($8.3
OneFootball and Sportfive team up on Bundesliga in Brazil, Uefa club qualifiers
OneFootball, the Germany-based digital platform, has teamed up with the Sportfive agency to broadcast Bundesliga matches free of charge via its app in Brazil
Uefa issues broadcast sponsorship services tender
Uefa, football’s European governing body, has today (Tuesday) launched a combined tender process for the provision of technical delivery services for broadcast sponsorship during coverage of its club a…
AFC Champions League coverage in Iran hit amidst standoff
The Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran (FFIRI) has claimed that an AFC Champions League broadcast deal in the country has been terminated by the Asian Football Confederation due to “international s…
Sportdigital extends Primeira Liga rights in Sportfive deal
German pay-television broadcaster Sportdigital Fussball has extended its rights to the Primeira Liga, the top division of Portuguese football, for a further three seasons
All EFL Cup fixtures available for live UK broadcast in September
English League Cup matches played in September will be shown live in the UK either through incumbent domestic broadcast rights-holder Sky Sports or streaming services
BandSports-produced Conmebol TV to launch in Brazil
The South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) has announced the formation of a new platform that will exploit the pay-television rights of its club competitions in Brazil for the next three seasons
Bundesliga strikes TV deals in Singapore, South Korea and Thailand
Bundesliga International, the league’s international commercial rights arm, has signed off on new broadcast deals in Singapore, South Korea and Thailand ahead of the start of the 2020-21 season on Friday.
Uefa kicks off sale of centralised Women’s Champions League media rights
Uefa, football’s European governing body, has today (Monday) started the sales process for centralised broadcast rights to the Uefa Women’s Champions League from 2021-22 to 2024-25.
Zhibo.tv acquires China League 1 rights
Chinese streaming platform China Sports, also known as Zhibo.tv, has acquired exclusive rights to China League One, the country's second-tier football division, for the 2020 season.
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BandSports set to finalise Conmebol rights deal, offer PPV matches
Bandeirantes, the Brazilian media group with free-to-air and pay-TV channels, has acquired the pay-television rights to the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana, according to local media reports, and…
LaLiga closes long-term Brazilian rights renewal with Disney
LaLiga, the governing body of Spain’s highest two domestic football divisions, has agreed a long-term rights renewal with the Disney Group in Brazil.
Dutch amateur football streamer VoetbalTV ‘files for bankruptcy’
The VoetbalTV OTT platform, which showed amateur football matches in the Netherlands, has gone bankrupt after it was found to have breached data protection legislation, according to local media