Football
Rai, Mediaset remain in private talks over Coppa Italia rights
Lega Serie A is set to begin private negotiations with public-service broadcaster Rai and commercial broadcaster Mediaset over rights to the Coppa Italia and Supercoppa Italiana for the three-year period covering the 2024-25 to 2026-27 seasons.
LaLiga backs Uruguayan Professional League’s quest to break from AUF
The Uruguayan Professional League (Lufpro), the entity aiming to take over the running of the top domestic league from the Uruguayan Football Association (AUF), has received a boost to its cause by signing…
Team turns to challenging Nordic market for club competitions rights sales
Team Marketing has gone to market with Uefa club competition media rights across the Nordics, once one of the most bullish markets but which has softened considerably given the financial struggles of one…
Coupang takes Bundesliga rights off CJ ENM in South Korea
South Korean e-commerce company Coupang has secured exclusive rights to the German Bundesliga in South Korea, from 2024-25 to 2028-29, SportBusiness understands
Serie A to stay on DAZN-Sky screens to 2029, new €4.5bn deal boosted by revenue-share
Lega Serie A clubs today (Monday) accepted the new domestic media rights offer on the table from incumbents DAZN and Sky, which represent a slight drop on the current cycle and a similar fee to the one…
1190 Sports seals new Brasileiro Série A rights deals in France, Spain
South American sports marketing agency 1190 Sports has further widened the international presence of Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the top division of Brazilian club football, by agreeing distribution deals in France and Spain with DAZN and LaLiga, respectively.
Hungary’s Network4 goes early with Bundesliga renewal to 2029
Hungarian media group Network4 has struck an early extension of its exclusive Bundesliga broadcast contract, tying up rights to the top German league until the end of the 2028-29 season
Uefa club competition rights hit Canadian market
Broadcast rights are on the market in Canada for Uefa club competitions across the 2024-27 cycle
LaLiga’s Óscar Mayo: We’re betting on Peak as the agency of reference for the future
SportBusiness Media this week talked to LaLiga’s executive director, Óscar Mayo Pardo, about why Ocho Sport Advisors was chosen to form a joint venture to transform LaLiga’s global media rights strategy, and how it will work.
Premier League bumps up matches and maintains Saturday 3pm blackout in new tender
The English Premier League has released its much-anticipated domestic media rights tender, choosing to increase the number of live matches per season from 200 to 270 and preserve the Saturday 3pm blackout…
Belgian Pro League hires IMG to advise on media rights sales
IMG has been appointed by the Belgian Pro League in a wide-ranging advisory and media rights sales role
Enter Peak, looking to diversify and aggregate amid static market
Peak, the newly created JV between Spain’s LaLiga and Simon Denyer’s Ocho Sport Advisory company, will consider aggregating LaLiga rights with those of other football leagues, as part of a planned transformation of the Spanish league’s future media rights strategy.
No suitable offers for Ligue 1 rights as LFP Media plans direct talks
France’s Professional Football League (LFP) announced today (Tuesday) that it received no offers meeting its ambitious reserve prices for the two main packages of live Ligue 1 rights, with private negotiations n…
Chibani’s MMS partners with Ivorian group for CAF qualifying rights to 2026 World Cup
Free-to-air media rights in sub-Saharan Africa to the Confederation of African Football’s new-look qualifying competition for the 2026 Fifa World Cup have been sold to Marketing & Media Solutions (MMS), a…
DAZN follows SPL deal with Saudi Women’s Premier League rights acquisition
DAZN has added broadcast rights in most global markets to the SAFF Women’s Premier League on the back of its multi-territory agreement for the men’s Saudi Pro League.
Premier Sports lands top pick Champions League rights in Ireland
Subscription broadcaster Premier Sports has picked up a significant package of rights in Ireland to Uefa club competitions in the new cycle
Team and Relevent almost a quarter up on equivalent Uefa club sales for 2024-27 cycle
The media rights value of Uefa club competitions from 2024-27 is tracking toward a significant cycle-on-cycle increase compared to 2021-24 as Uefa, Team Marketing and Relevent Sports Group are yet to suffer a decrease in any of their deals completed thus far.
Eredivisie clubs unanimously back €750m ESPN rights deal to 2030
All 18 clubs in the Dutch Eredivisie today (Tuesday) unanimously agreed to a renewal of a domestic broadcast rights deal with ESPN for a further five seasons