Football
Sportfive nets third-party rights to Brazil and Argentina’s home World Cup qualifiers
A key piece of the puzzle in the South American media-rights market has been solved ahead of the Conmebol Fifa World Cup qualifiers that get under way this week, with the Sportfive agency landing rights…
‘Messi mania’ fuelling rapid take-up of Apple’s MLS Season Pass
Lionel Messi's arrival in Major League Soccer sent subscriptions to Apple's MLS Season Pass soaring, according to new figures released.
The tech company, in the first year of its 10-year, $2.5bn (€2.3
Mediapro’s Roures: No chance LFP gets €1bn per year in next rights cycle
Jaume Roures, the president of Mediapro, has spoken publicly about the forthcoming domestic media rights tender being issued by France’s Professional Football League (LFP), less than three years after t…
IMG extends Bundesliga archive deal to 2025-26
Bundesliga International, the international media rights arm of the German Football League (DFL), has renewed its agreement for video archive rights with the IMG agency until the end of 2025-26
Bundesliga nets strong increase in India with Sony
Sony Pictures Networks secured exclusive rights across the Indian subcontinent to the German Bundesliga for three more seasons after agreeing to pay an increased rights fee.
CAF facing another court battle as it rips up lucrative beIN contract
BeIN Media Group is readying legal action against the Confederation of African Football (CAF) over the continental governing body’s decision to unilaterally cancel its broadcast deal with the Qatari m…
De Siervo again touts Serie A broadcast platform amid rights impasse
Lega Serie A chief executive, Luigi De Siervo, has reiterated that broadcasters must meet the organisation’s valuation for its next cycle of domestic rights, adding that if a solution isn’t found it is “much more likely” that it will proceed with the launch of an in-house platform.
DFL braces itself for challenging tender process
Amid unfavourable market positions, numerous sources in the German market have told SportBusiness Media that the DFL will do well to match its current rights revenues from 2025-26 onwards.
FBF wins court battle to retain domestic rights to Bolivia matches
Bolivia's football federation has been granted domestic rights to its national team's home Fifa World Cup qualifiers after a court against a claim from agencies Mediapro and Sports TV Rights, which bid for the rights in a tender earlier this year.
Serie A pirate sites targeted as regulator uses new fast blocking powers
The renewed clampdown against piracy in Italian football has commenced, with l'Autorità per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni (AGCOM), the country's regulator and competition authority for the communications …
Lopez, Full Play have convictions thrown out in football bribery case
Hernan Lopez, the former chief executive at Fox International Channels, and the Full Play agency have had their convictions for attempting to bribe football officials in exchange for lucrative broadcasting…
Azam’s seven-year Kenyan Premier League deal prompts clubs’ questions
A seven-year broadcast rights deal announced by Football Kenya Federation (FKF) with the Tanzania-based Azam Media has been met with a mixture of praise and scepticism from Kenyan Premier League (KPL)…
Bundesliga takes Konferenz concept to international broadcasters
The German Football League (DFL) has sought to increase the Bundesliga’s value to international broadcasters through the launch of a whip-around show for overseas audiences.
Viaplay’s Danish boss targets Champions League as key ‘growth driver’
Fresh off the back of retaining Danish Superliga rights, Viaplay has set its sights on keeping the Uefa Champions League on its screens in Denmark as it plots a path back to profitability
In Focus: German Bundesliga
SportBusiness Media takes a deep dive into the numbers driving the commercial success of the German Bundesliga.
Pluto TV adds to Copa Libertadores Femenina’s South American exposure
Pluto TV, the free, ad-supported streaming service owned by media group Paramount Global, will show the Conmebol Libertadores Femenina for the second successive year, after securing rights across Brazil…
Globo seals rights to Conmebol-zone World Cup qualifiers
Brazilian broadcaster Globo will hold rights to the home matches of nine out of the ten South American nations aiming to qualify for the 2026 Fifa World Cup
No native UHD production at Euro 2024
Uefa will not produce coverage of Euro 2024 in native ultra high-definition (UHD), instead opting for a single ‘multi-purpose’ broadcast format, SportBusiness can disclose.