Football
ANFP earns increase in value of Chilean national team matches
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 takes hit on package value due to LeSports’ collapse
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.
CBF chooses Synergy to handle keenly-anticipated sales process
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.
L’Équipe hails capture of Uefa rights
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.
Rai and Sportitalia retain Serie C rights
Italian state broadcaster Rai and DTT sports broadcaster Sportitalia have retained their rights to Serie C, the third tier of Italian club football.
Romania’s Pro TV picks up Uefa national team rights
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.
ProLiga TV channel to show lower-league Spanish 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.
RTÉ lands rights to Euro 2020
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.
Bundeskartellamt defends no single buyer rule
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.
Globo awarded Euro 2020 rights
Brazilian media company Globo has been awarded exclusive rights for the Uefa Euro 2020 international football tournament.
Telesport picks up LaLiga rights
The Telesport agency has acquired exclusive rights in Russia to LaLiga, the top football division in Spain, according to Kommersant.
Sky Racing adds football coverage with Optus-Tabcorp deal
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.
Puls 4 retains Austrian rights to Europa League
Austrian commercial broadcaster Puls 4 has renewed a rights agreement for the Uefa Europa League club football competition.
AFC to set first with Facebook initiative
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.
BT Sport streams football results show via Twitter
UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport has agreed a deal to stream live its BT Sport Score football results service via social media platform Twitter.
Ten in running for Conmebol agency contract
Ten companies have been named by the South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) on a shortlist of bidders to become the governing body’s new partner agency for the commercialisation of its club and national team competitions.
Failure to secure football rights sees Telecable close OTT service
Spanish cable television operator Telecable has said it will close its OTT platform Tedi.tv after failing to secure football rights for the 2017-18 season.
Telemundo Deportes and Playmaker eye global opportunities through new partnership
Spanish-language sports broadcaster Telemundo Deportes has entered into a partnership with video production company Playmaker Media to explore the creation of direct-to-consumer sports streaming opportunities for audiences around the world.