Football

The depreciation of the Turkish lira since 2014 continues to hurt the value of football rights in the country. Italy’s Serie A, the German Bundesliga and – most significantly – Turkey’s domestic cup, have all been affected.

Sportsfix, a new OTT service for Southeast Asia, has acquired rights for the K League Classic, the top tier of football in South Korea.

The Chilean football federation has earned a slight increase in the value of its national team friendly and qualifier matches in a new deal with Chilevisión.

MP & Silva has seen the value of several of its European football properties tumble in China following a pair of new deals in place of its broken agreement with LeSports.

The Brazilian football confederation has appointed the Synergy Sports agency to manage the sale of media rights to its national team matches. The move represents the first time the confederation, the Confederação Brasileira de Futebol, will sell its rights via an agency.

French free-to-air sports broadcaster L'Équipe has agreed a deal with European football’s governing body Uefa for a package of national team rights incorporating the qualifying campaigns for Euro 2020 and the 2022 Fifa World Cup, as well as the Nations League.

Italian state broadcaster Rai and DTT sports broadcaster Sportitalia have retained their rights to Serie C, the third tier of Italian club football.

Romanian commercial broadcaster Pro TV has acquired rights in the country to a host of national team events organised by Uefa, the governing body of European football.

The ProLiga association, which represents football clubs in Spain’s third-tier Segunda División B and fourth-tier Tercera División competitions, has agreed a deal with Mallorca-based production company Fibwi to launch a new television channel.

Irish public-service broadcaster RTÉ has picked up rights to the Uefa Euro 2020 finals and qualifying games for the national football team tournament, as well as rights to European qualifiers for the 2022 Fifa World Cup.

Germany’s federal cartel office the Bundeskartellamt has moved to defend its new ‘no single buyer’ rule for rights to the country’s Bundesliga top division of club football.

Brazilian media company Globo has been awarded exclusive rights for the Uefa Euro 2020 international football tournament.

The Telesport agency has acquired exclusive rights in Russia to LaLiga, the top football division in Spain, according to Kommersant.

Australian telecommunications company Optus has agreed a deal with wagering company Tabcorp to broadcast coverage of football’s English Premier League and the 2018 Fifa World Cup across Sky Racing venues in Australia.

Austrian commercial broadcaster Puls 4 has renewed a rights agreement for the Uefa Europa League club football competition.

The Asian Football Confederation is to stream live coverage of the AFC Cup match between Indian club JSW Bengaluru and North Korean side 4.25 SC via Facebook, marking the organisation’s first-ever live broadcast on the social media platform.