Football

Media group Globo has acquired digital media rights to Brazilian national team games, with the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) considering its next move after failing to assign television rights.

The China Sports Media agency has secured new media rights to the East Asian Football Federation’s 2017 E-1 Championship, which will take place in Japan in December.

Italian media group Mediaset has entered a bid for the domestic rights to the 2018 and 2022 editions of national team football tournament the Fifa World Cup, according to multiple reports.

Manchester United vice-chairman Ed Woodward has said Premier League clubs expect internet company Amazon and social media firm Facebook to compete for the next set of rights to the top division of English club football.

Jia Yueting, founder of Chinese internet company LeEco, has agreed to sell the majority of his stake in the group’s LeSports division, according to multiple reports.

Swedish pay-television broadcaster C More has said it will launch a new channel on October 14.

Goal, the football news website operated by digital sports media company Perform, has agreed a media partnership with international pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports for the revived WAFU Nations Cup.

A new OTT sports streaming platform has launched in the Latin America market, with a focus on football content.

A total of 95 offers from 30 companies have been submitted in the international rights-sales process for Serie A, the top division in Italian football, as well as the Coppa Italia knockout tournament and the Supercoppa Italiana clash between the Serie A and Coppa Italia winners.

Yousef Al-Obaidly, deputy chief executive at beIN Media Group and president of beIN Sports France, has said the pay-television broadcaster hopes the French Football League (LFP) launches a new rights tender as late as possible, noting that it will be “rational” in what is expected to be increased competition in the process.

Media commentators will debate whether the 36-per-cent increase the English Football League secured for its rights from Sky is a great result, a disappointment, or something in between.

The MP & Silva and Pragosport agencies are struggling to sell German Bundesliga rights in their respective European territories, leaving the league without a broadcast partner in a number of markets.

Italy’s third-tier professional football league, Lega Pro, is heading for a substantial increase in the value of its domestic media rights after holding its first formal tender processes for both national and local broadcast rights.

Conmebol, the governing body for South American football, is hoping for a solid increase in the value of its global Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana commercial rights.

Free-to-air UK television platform BritAsia TV has acquired rights for the Indian Super League club football competition.

UK sports production company Sunset+Vine has agreed a deal with UK public-service broadcaster the BBC to provide its coverage of domestic women’s football.