Football
Brazilian league nears award of international broadcast and betting streaming rights
Clubs from Brazilian football’s top two leagues are to meet on Friday with a view to finally awarding the international broadcast, betting streaming and data rights.
Movistar ‘to retain’ Champions League rights in Spain
Spanish telecoms operator Telefónica is to retain the exclusive rights to the Uefa Champions League for the 2021-24 cycle, it has been reported.
Cartel office drops anti-competitive Uefa rights case against Sky and DAZN
Germany’s Federal Cartel Office, the Bundeskartellamt, has dropped its proceedings against pay-television broadcaster Sky and international streaming service DAZN over suspected anti-competitive practices w…
Arsenal becomes latest football club to launch on TikTok
Arsenal has launched an account on the short-form video service TikTok, it said on Wednesday.
The club will use the platform to reach and engage with new audiences online, particularly younger fans
Peebles to leave as DAZN readies Southeast Asia launch
One of DAZN’s most senior executives in Southeast Asia, senior vice-president Alex Peebles, is departing the business later this year.
The move comes as DAZN is finally set to launch in the region.
Onefootball signs first editorial content tie-up with Bundesliga side
Germany-based football media platform Onefootball has signed its second editorial content agreement in a matter of days, teaming up with Bundesliga side Schalke 04
Univision’s TUDN turns to classic Champions League finals
TUDN, the Univision-owned US Spanish-language network, is showing archive Uefa Champions League finals as broadcasters worldwide continue to look for content amid the sports shutdown sparked by the Covid-19…
Ex-Fox and Full Play executives plead not guilty to corruption charges
Two former executives at US-based media giant 21st Century Fox and South American sports marketing agency Full Play have pleaded not guilty to criminal charges in New York as part of the long-running corruption…
Live sport restarts in Taiwan, Eleven streams baseball globally
Taiwan’s baseball and football leagues began their 2020 seasons behind closed doors at the weekend, joining the small group of sports globally that are continuing amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
Mediapro offers to air rest of Ligue 1 season, lambasts Canal Plus and beIN
Jaume Roures, the outspoken chief executive of Mediapro, has said that the Spanish broadcast production company and agency is ready to step in and show the end of the 2019-20 French football season, while…
Manchester City and Onefootball agree editorial content tie-up
The English Premier League's Manchester City has become the first club to sign up to distribute its editorial content on football media platform Onefootball
BeIN’s Digiturk freezes rights payments to Turkish Süper Lig
Digiturk, the Turkish pay-television subsidiary of international broadcaster beIN Media Group, has informed the Turkish Football Federation that it will be withholding payment for the rights to the top-flight…
Nent retains Champions League in Denmark but loses Norwegian and Swedish rights
Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group has acquired exclusive rights to the Uefa Champions League in Denmark and exclusive rights to the Uefa Europa League and Europa Conference League in Finland, Norway and…
Uefa sees sharp fee hike from club competitions in Balkans on strong interest
Uefa has more than doubled the value of its club competition media rights across five Balkan countries, awarding almost all rights to aggressive bidder Telekom Srbija, as the telco’s battle with rival United Media intensified.
Further exposure for Belarusian football in MyCujoo PPV deal
Football streaming platform MyCujoo is offering pay-per-view coverage of today’s Belarus Cup semi-finals after striking a rights agreement covering 47 territories.
Former Fox executives charged with bribery over 2018 and 2022 World Cup US TV rights
Two former 21st Century Fox executives have been charged with allegedly paying millions of dollars in bribes to help Fox Sports win the lucrative United States broadcasting rights to the 2018 and 2022…
Polsat renews Polish Cup and second division rights to 2024
Polish pay-television broadcaster Polsat has agreed a new deal with the Polish Football Association (PZPN) for rights to the country's top domestic cup competition and its second-tier league, the 1 Liga
Turner ‘bids to terminate’ Brasileiro club rights deals
US-based media group Turner is seeking talks with the eight Campeonato Brasileiro Série A football clubs with which it holds broadcast rights deals, with a view to exiting the contracts ahead of the 2020 …