Football

Brazilian free-to-air broadcaster Rede Bandeirantes has pledged to pay back the football media-rights debt it owes to Globo, the dominant Brazilian free-to-air broadcaster, by September

Swiss pay-television broadcaster Teleclub prioritised retaining a level of exclusivity in choosing to sublicense free-to-air Uefa club competition rights to CH Media over SRG.

The Tenfield agency is said to have reached an agreement with the Uruguayan Football Association (AUF) to make a rights payment due in June for rights to club competitions, amid financial pressures caused…
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CBS said it is "thrilled" with the quality and excitement of the National Women's Soccer League Challenge Cup and the reception of fans to network's coverage of the event

The 20 clubs from Italian football’s top-tier Serie A have decided against withholding the signal from Sky Italia, the pay-television broadcaster and rights-holder, over an ongoing row over the payment o…

Brazilian free-to-air commercial broadcaster SBT has acquired rights to the decisive second leg of the Campeonato Carioca football final between Flamengo and Fluminense
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Fox Sports has announced that its broadcast coverage of the MLS Is Back Tournament in Orlando, Florida, will feature artificial crowd noise

Italian football club Juventus has launched its own channel on the short-form video service TikTok. The official account will provide behind-the-scenes content

Financial group KBC has acquired exclusive rights to ‘near live’ mobile clips from the top-tier Belgian Pro League as well as non-exclusive online highlights rights.
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NBC Sports has announced it will move all non-televised Premier League games to NBCUniversal's new subscription-based, over-the-top video service Peacock beginning with the 2020-21 season.

International broadcaster Eleven Sports has announced the prices it will charge customers for accessing its coverage of Belgian football, including the top-tier Pro League. Viewers can pay €10.9
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Comcast and NBCUniversal’s new Peacock subscription streaming video service will exclusively present NBC Sports’ full Premier League match and studio coverage for free as part of its national debut on Ju…
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CBS has picked up the English-language rights to the Uefa Champions League in the United States two years early after current rights-holder Turner Sports called time on its deal

The Spring Media agency has agreed a deal with the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) to sell international broadcast rights to the final of this season’s Taça de Portugal cup competition.

Swiss public-service broadcaster SRG SSR will no longer offer live Uefa Champions League coverage from the 2021-22 season onwards after being usurped by media and publishing group CH Media as the free-to-air…

Milan’s civil court has hit pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia with an injunction after an appeal from Lega Serie A over a missed rights fee payment by the broadcaster amid the Covid-19 shutdown.

LaLiga, the organising body of the top two divisions of Spanish club football, has claimed another win in its long-running battle against piracy of its content, joining forces with the Danish Rights Alliance…
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ESPN is confident that the early kickoffs during Major League Soccer's MLS Is Back Tournament will lead to significant domestic television ratings during the mornings for the sports network this summer.