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Greece

Greek digital terrestrial broadcaster Antenna has become the latest broadcaster to benefit from cuts to public broadcaster ERT’s funding by outbidding it for the rights to the Uefa Euro 2020 finals.
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Spain

OTT sports streaming service DAZN has joined Mediaset’s bid for the three-season cycle for Spanish domestic knockout competition, the Copa del Rey, it has been reported.
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USA

Following the Bundesliga's new media-rights deal with ESPN in the United States, which begins in 2020, the German league's chief executive Christian Seifert has revealed he was disappointed by the league's…
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Brazil

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A team Corinthians has become the latest football club to launch an official account on short-form video platform TikTok.
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Sub-Saharan Africa

The Nigerian Television Authority, the nation’s public broadcaster, has acquired sublicensed rights to one English Premier League fixture per match week.
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France

Jaume Roures, the chief executive of Mediapro, has sought to allay any fears over the production and agency group’s timeline to launch its new service in France and schedule of rights fee payments.
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Global

Football’s English Premier League has claimed a win against the piracy of its content after an electronics retailer in Singapore was convicted of selling illegal streaming devices (ISDs).
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Italy

The Italian football league is finalising its guidelines for the tender process which must be approved by the country’s competition and communication authorities. The process is likely to be more complicated, controversial and political than the equivalent processes anywhere else. Story by Frank Dunne.
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East Timor

Indonesian media group MNC has acquired rights for Asian Football Confederation events in the 2021 to 2024 period, the first deal of the new sales cycle being conducted by the DDMC Fortis agency
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Russia

An invitation to submit offers has been launched in Russia for broadcast rights to the Uefa Champions League, the Europa League and the new third-tier Europa Conference League covering the 2021-22 to 2023-24…
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Germany

Deutsche Telekom is interested in the German Bundesliga domestic rights in order to boost subscribers of the company’s OTT service Magenta TV, the telco's executive board member and Telekom Deutschland c…
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Greece

Greek public broadcaster ERT has finalised negotiations with Greek second-tier football league Super League 2 for the league’s media rights at a reduced fee.
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Spain

The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) has further extended the deadline for bids for rights to the Copa del Rey domestic club football competition during the 2019-20 to 2021-22 cycle, after stating that…
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Russia

Russian sports broadcaster Match TV, owned by Gazprom Media, has sublicensed digital rights to the Russian Premier League and Uefa’s club competitions to OTT streaming service ivi.
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Global

Japanese advertising agency Dentsu has signed an eight-year deal with Conmebol, the continental football federation in South America, for the rights to the next three editions of the Copa America
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Indonesia

A new partnership formed by Indonesian media group Surya Citra Media, satellite direct-to-home TV provider Nex Parabola and satellite operator SES will live-broadcast Uefa Champions League and Europa League…
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Germany

German telecoms giant Deutsche Telekom has finalised its acquisition rights of exclusive broadcast rights to all 51 matches from the 2024 Uefa European Championship
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Spain

Spanish agency Mediapro has pulled out of the race for rights to the Copa del Rey domestic club football competition for the 2019-20 to 2021-22 cycle