Football

UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has today (Tuesday) extended its highlights rights for the Premier League, the top division of English club football, in a deal worth £211.5m (€241.1m/$294.8m).

The MP & Silva agency has extended its partnership with LaLiga through a deal to distribute media rights to the top division of Spanish club football in five European markets.

Football Malaysia, the organising body of club football competition in the country, has secured a landmark rights deal with online streaming service iflix.

The Federation of Uganda Football Associations has agreed a four-year media and commercial rights deal with local sports production and marketing company Sports Broadcasting – an agreement it states will be transformational for the sport in the country.

The Premier League, the top division of English club football, has claimed its latest victory as part of its ongoing efforts to crack down on piracy of its broadcast rights through a Dutch court verdict against internet hosting provider Ecatel.

Lega Serie A, the organising body of the top division of Italian club football, is set to enter into private negotiations over its media rights with Spanish agency Mediapro after talks with broadcasters failed to result in an agreement satisfying its goals for its next domestic contract.

International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports has struck a three-season extension to its rights deal in Belgium for LaLiga, the top division of Spanish club football.

Italian state broadcaster Rai has acquired rights to a host of top football content, including the return of the Uefa Champions League to its screens for the first time in six years, while pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia has secured rights to the Euro 2020 national team tournament.

The China Sports Media agency has struck a five-year extension to its rights deal for the Chinese Super League, the top division of domestic club football.

French commercial broadcasters TF1 and M6 have confirmed the acquisition of rights for France national football team matches over four years, from 2018-19 to 2021-22.

Pay-television broadcaster O2 TV has acquired exclusive rights to the Uefa Champions League club football competition in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

Czech public-service broadcaster Česká Televize has secured a package of rights to competitions organised by Uefa, football’s European governing body.

International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports has acquired rights in Belgium to football national team qualifiers for the Uefa Euro 2020 and Fifa 2022 World Cup tournaments, as well as the inaugural Uefa Nations League.

French pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has renewed rights to LaLiga, the top division of football in Spain, according to French daily newspaper L’Équipe.

Lega Serie A, the organising body of the top division of Italian club football, has said it will enter into private negotiations with bidders for its domestic broadcast rights after offers opened yesterday (Monday) failed to meet the minimum revenue target of €1.05bn ($1.26bn) per season.

The International Bank of Qatar has denied reports linking it to the ongoing domestic rights-sales process in Italy for Serie A, the top division of football in the country.