Football
Nent’s colossal Premier League deal shakes up Nordic market
Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group’s monster six-season English Premier League deal signed this month has shocked the Nordic media market and left TV2 in Norway reeling.
Premier League seeks head of EMEA media-rights sales to bolster in-house team
The English Premier League has begun a search to recruit a head of media-rights sales in Europe, the Middle East and Africa
TVI pins hopes on Euro 2020 sublicense to regain viewership
Portuguese commercial broadcaster TVI’s acquisition of free-to-air rights to this summer’s Euro 2020 competition was driven by its desire to regain its status as Portugal’s most-watched terrestrial channel, SportBusiness Media understands.
Šport TV sublicenses exclusive Euro 2020 and national team qualifier rights
Slovenian public sports channel Šport TV has agreed a deal with the United Media Group for exclusive 2020 Uefa European Championship rights and all matches involving the Slovenian national football team …
Aulas ‘threatens beIN legal action’ over Ligue 1 international rights row
Jean-Michel Aulas, the president of Olympique Lyonnais, has reportedly raised the prospect of the French Football League (LFP) suing pay-television broadcaster beIN Media Group in an escalation of the…
Gent aligns with Eleven Sports’ collective Pro League deal
Top-tier Belgian football club KAA Gent has signed up to the collective broadcast rights agreement with subscription broadcaster Eleven Sports from 2020-21 onwards after talks with the country’s Pro L…
Mediapro and Pitch to sell US rights to South America’s 2022 World Cup qualifiers
International media rights agencies Mediapro and Pitch International will join forces to sell the exclusive broadcast rights in the United States to South American nation’s qualifying matches for the F…
Mediapro makes additional €1.1m payment to ensure Primera Iberdrola salaries met
Spanish media rights and production agency Mediapro has agreed to a further €1.1m ($1.2m) contribution to women’s football in Spain in order to ensure that salary contributions are met.
LaLiga targets US fans with FanWide bar network link-up
LaLiga North America has teamed up with FanWide, a website that shows sports fans the closest match-watch party or fan community event at sports bars across the US
i-Cable retains J.League rights in Hong Kong
Pay-television broadcaster i-Cable has acquired the exclusive media rights in Hong Kong for Japanese football's J.League.
i-Cable has purchased the rights in a three-season deal covering 2020 to 2022
USL scores Lagardère international rights distribution deal
The Lagardère Sports agency is to distribute the international broadcast rights to the USL Championship and USL League One, the second- and third-tier US soccer leagues, respectively.
TVMS acquires free-to-air Euro 2020 rights in sub-Saharan Africa
The TV Media Sport agency has acquired a package of exclusive free-to-air rights to Euro 2020 across sub-Saharan Africa, marking the third consecutive time it has acquired the rights to the European Championships
Thai FA re-elects Somyot, declares media rights award
The Football Association of Thailand yesterday re-elected Somyot Poompanmuang as its president and said its global media rights for the 2021-28 period had been awarded, although did not reveal the winners
Uefa raises lower-tier club rights income more than 40% in German RTL deal
Uefa has increased the value of its lower-tier club competition media rights in Germany by over 40 per cent through commercial broadcaster RTL’s acquisition of exclusive, multi-platform rights to the Europa League and newly created Europa Conference League.
Pro League approves Eleven Sports deal but duo threaten collective agreement
The general assembly of Belgium’s Pro League today decided to award domestic media rights to subscription broadcaster Eleven Sports from 2020-21 onwards, but resistance from two member clubs has prevented t…
DC United now in talks with Sinclair over local TV deal
Major League Soccer’s DC United is reportedly in talks with Sinclair Broadcast Group over a local television rights deal.
Clubs body warns RFEF over distribution of Copa de la Reina rights
Spain’s Association of Women’s Soccer Clubs (ACFF) has heavily criticised the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) after it was alleged that the governing body had sold the rights to the Copa de la Rein…
Premier League retains preference for rights deals over direct-to-consumer, Bush says
The Premier League will continue to prefer broadcast-rights deals despite its moves to raise its capacity to adopt a direct-to-consumer model in the next cycle, the league’s executive director, Bill B…