Football
NWSL achieves huge uplift, though cash rights fee short of ’40x’ increase
The US’s top-tier National Women’s Soccer League has achieved a substantial increase in its media rights fees, though the cash value of its agreements is understood to be short of the ‘40x’ total uplift that has been reported.
Ecuadorian league to get FTA exposure in new domestic TV deal
The Ecuadorian Pro League has moved quickly to land a new domestic broadcasting partner after terminating its agreement with pay-television's GolTV, striking an exclusive deal with telecoms operator Xtrim
Fox succeeds ESPN as Women’s Euro broadcaster in US
Fox Sports has announced that it will broadcast the 2025 Uefa Women’s European Championship, which will be held from July 2 to 27 in Switzerland.
Cyber-attacks hit TVP’s Euro 2024 output
TVP again fell victim to a cyber-attack which impacted on its coverage of Poland’s games at Uefa Euro 2024, with the public broadcaster having to resort to back-up measures on Friday.
Italy’s financial crime unit blocks rampant illegal Euro 2024 streams
An anti-piracy operation in Italy has shut down platforms that were illegally streaming matches from the ongoing Uefa Euro 2024 to more than 1.3 million users.
Has women’s club football lost its media rights momentum?
Experts polled by SportBusiness Media say there is a growing disparity between how buyers and sellers value women's football media rights, resulting in stalemates at negotiating tables and leaving the sector at significant risk of plateau.
Back to drawing board for Serie B domestic rights sales
Lega Serie B has revamped its domestic rights offering less than two months before the start of the 2024-25 season with a new sales strategy based on product as opposed to broadcast platform
Mediapro to exit Canadian football by year-end in CSB settlement
Canadian Soccer Business (CSB) and the Mediapro Canada agency have claimed an end to their legal dispute that left the future of the Canadian Premier League hanging in the balance.
Uefa club competitions to remain on Megogo in Ukraine
Megogo, the over-the-top streaming platform, has retained exclusive rights in Ukraine to all Uefa club competitions in the new three-year cycle
EXCLUSIVE: BeIN to hold Uefa club rights in all its Asian markets
BeIN Sports is close to finalising a deal that would see it hold Uefa club competition rights in all its active Asian markets, SportBusiness understands
Brazilian football outlier Corinthians edging towards LFU bloc
Brazilian football giants Corinthians is said to be closing in on an agreement to join the Liga Forte União (LFU) collective, in what would represent a major financial blow to the rival Libra body.
Al-Kudcy leaving Chelsea Women to become WSL commercial chief
Zarah Al-Kudcy, the commercial director for reigning WSL champion Chelsea Women, is leaving the club to become the chief revenue officer for NewCo, the independent body set up to run the top-flight women’s league and the second-tier Women’s Championship.
GolTV refusing to concede defeat in battle with Ecuadorian league over TV contract
The Ecuadorian Pro League has said it is focused on securing a new domestic broadcaster when Serie A gets back under way in August, as a war of words escalates with its former media rights partner GolTV
Euro 2024 kicks off with bumper audiences, UK numbers soar for ITV and BBC
German fans tuned in in their millions to watch the hosts thrash Scotland in the Euro 2024 curtain-raiser, which drew a 10-year audience high in the UK for a tournament-opener
Fifa returns to Infront to aid Asia media rights sales
Infront will act as Fifa’s ‘media rights sales advisor’ in selected Asian markets, after world football’s governing body took back World Cup media rights in the region from the agency two years ago.
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Peacock to show USL Super League, TUDN takes USL Championship Spanish-language rights
NBCUniversal's Peacock streaming service is to show every game from the inaugural season of USL Super League, the United States' new women's competition, while TelevisaUnivision has picked up Spanish-language…
DAZN strengthens Swiss offering further with Ligue 1 rights
French football's LFP Media has announced its first direct deal with a broadcaster for its next international rights cycle, a three-year agreement with DAZN across Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Sky Italia locks down exclusivity to its Uefa club rights
Sky Italia has opted against opening up free-to-air coverage of Uefa club competitions in Italy next season via the on-sale of rights or on its own TV8 channel.