Football
Bolivian Football Federation to receive TV rights bids on Friday
The Bolivian Football Federation (FBF) is to receive offers on Friday for broadcast rights to its top-tier División Profesional.
The FBF has invited bids for the rights from 2021 to 2024.
Turner to review Superliga broadcast in wake of president’s FTA plea
Pay-television broadcaster Turner has consulted with its Argentinian arm to decide how best to respond to calls from the country’s president for top-tier Superliga football matches to be broadcast on f…
DFL presses ahead with Bundesliga domestic rights tender
The Bundesliga’s domestic broadcast rights invitation to tender process is to carry on despite the spread of the coronavirus pandemic across Germany and elsewhere in Europe.
Lack of warning over French league suspension irks beIN’s Houzot
Florent Houzot, director of programming at pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports France has criticised football’s French Professional League (LFP) for a lack of warning over the move to suspend the c…
Mediapro’s Roures: At least €600m could be lost if LaLiga season ends
Jaume Roures, the chief executive of Barcelona-based media rights and production agency Mediapro, has warned that cancelling the remainder of the 2019-20 LaLiga season could lead to upwards of €600m (…
LFP outlines Ligue 1’s €25m matchday revenue shortfall
The loss of matchday revenues at French Ligue 1 clubs between now and the end of the season would total between €20m ($21.8
Sport TV offers free-to-air Primeira Liga coverage
Pay-television broadcaster Sport TV has responded to the nation’s coronavirus precautions by announcing that it will broadcast matchdays 25 and 26 in the top-tier Primeira Liga on its free-to-air Sport T…
Australia’s NPL swaps social media model for Sportradar OTT platform
Sports data and live streaming company Sportradar has announced a deal with the National Premier Leagues (NPL), Australia’s second-tier football league, that will see the launch of the NPL.T
Malaysian football rights values come back down to earth as Telekom returns
The value of the Malaysia Football League’s domestic media and sponsorship rights have dropped significantly in the latest deal with Telekom Malaysia after two previous rights rounds of inflated valuations and, ultimately, collapsed deals.
Sky offers free-to-air Bundesliga Konferenz following coronavirus precautions
German pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland has announced that it will make its ‘Konferenz’ coverage of Bundesliga and second-tier 2. Bun
CAF issues TV rights and marketing services tenders
The Confederation of African Football has issued an invitation to tender for broadcast services related to its various competitions, including its flagship Africa Cup of Nations in 2021
Facebook and Fox renew Copa Libertadores sharing deal in South America
Social media platform Facebook has renewed a sublicensing agreement with pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports for coverage of the South American Football Confederation’s (Conmebol) Copa Libertadores c…
FA to work with Women’s Sports Group on WSL’s next UK rights deal
The Football Association has appointed Women’s Sports Group, a new company set up last year to increase the profile of women’s sport, as its exclusive consultant on the sale of UK media rights to the Bar…
Bundesliga moves on from past Nordic problems with Nent fee boost
Germany’s Bundesliga has secured an increase in the value of its media rights in the Nordics in its renewal with Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group. This follows the hit it took in the region after the collapse of its previous deal with the now defunct MP & Silva agency.
K-League opens media production centre
The K-League, Korea's professional football league, has opened a media facility that will be the central hub for the production of its live matches and other content
Peruvian Football Federation warns clubs over individual TV rights deals
The Peruvian Football Federation (FPF) has issued a warning to clubs in the top-tier Liga 1 over the sale of broadcast rights to their matches
FA ‘likely to suspend’ 3pm blackout if coronavirus crisis worsens
English football’s governing body, the FA, is likely to suspend the country’s Saturday afternoon broadcasting black-out rule in the event the coronavirus crisis forces matches to be played behind closed doo…
Dugout signs Madrid CFF as first dedicated women’s club
Digital media company Dugout has agreed a deal making Spanish Primera División team Madrid Club de Fútbol Femenino (Madrid CFF) its first dedicated women’s club.