Football
W9 and beIN secure Uefa under-21 rights
Coverage in France of next month’s Uefa European under-21 Championship is to be shown by free-to-air channel W9 and subscription broadcaster beIN Sports.
Peacock secures The Soccer Tournament rights
The Soccer Tournament (TST), a new seven-a-side football tournament, has agreed an exclusive rights deal with US broadcaster NBC Sports to stream its inaugural tournament
DFL on collision course with investors over ‘red line’ conditions
The Deutsche Fußball Liga's equity sales process is down to just three prospective investors as the league's stringent conditions surrounding governance, personnel and exit strategy is causing funds to think twice about a deal.
South American quartet pool global media rights for World Cup qualifiers
The football associations of Uruguay, Ecuador, Paraguay and Venezuela have taken the innovative approach to pool their international media rights for the South American qualifiers for the 2026 Fifa World…
Sportfive reaffirms Asian football intentions with AFF renewal to 2032
The Sportfive agency has signed a long-term extension to its exclusive rights agreement with the Asean Football Federation (AFF)
EXCLUSIVE: EBU-DAZN deal grants UWCL final free-to-air linear exposure
Eurovision Sport, the sports arm of the European Broadcasting Union, has agreed a sublicensing deal with rights-holder DAZN for coverage of the Uefa Women’s Champions League final in a dozen markets, S…
Romanian clubs made to work for media rights increase
SuperLiga clubs have been told to improve stadium attendances and help increase television audiences in order to double the value of the uplift in their new domestic media rights deal.
Inter’s Champions League semi-final win nets record Italian audience
Inter Milan’s victory over city rivals AC Milan in last night’s Uefa Champions League semi-final second leg generated Italy’s highest free-to-air audience of the season for a club football match.
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NWSL signs media agreement with USA Today Sports
The National Women's Soccer League has announced a multi-year agreement with Gannett-owned USA Today Sports as the league's official media partner
Warner Bros. Discovery out of picture for Danish Superliga rights
The Danish Superliga will not be on the screens of channels owned by Warner Bros. Discovery in Denmark from 2024-25, after the incumbent rights-holder did not submit a bid by the May 10 deadline
Broadcasters can bid for Serie A domestic rights over three, four and five seasons
Lega Serie A clubs have given their unanimous backing to the make-up of the league’s domestic broadcast rights tender with broadcasters able to submit offers across three, four or five seasons.
LFP president: €200m a year is international rights target
France’s Professional Football League (LFP) should be bringing in €200m ($217.5m) per year from Ligue 1 international rights in the next cycle, according to league president Vincent Labrune, a far cry from the current fee it receives as part of a long-term agreement with beIN Media Group.
CAF issues media rights ITTs in sub-Saharan Africa, international markets
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has initiated broadcast rights sales processes in sub-Saharan Africa and international markets for its flagship competitions between 2023 and 2025
Sky Deutschland incorporates fantasy football into live Bundesliga coverage
Sky Deutschland has announced an initiative with gaming platform Kickbase that will see the pay-TV broadcaster offer live German Bundesliga coverage aimed at fantasy football players
United Media nets Uefa club rights in Slovenia
United Media, the broadcasting group across Southeast Europe, has acquired exclusive rights in Slovenia to an extensive package of Uefa club competition rights for the new three-year cycle
Uefa club competitions media rights tenders issued in Spain
Team Marketing has initiated the sales processes for future broadcast rights to Uefa club competitions in Spain, the last of Europe’s ‘big five’ countries in which the agency has gone to market.
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Uefa eyes 33-per-cent uplift in club competition revenue from 2024
Giorgio Marchetti, deputy general secretary at Uefa, has revealed that the governing body’s club competition revenue is projected to rise to between €4.6bn ($5bn) and €4.8bn p
Stan remains home of Uefa club competitions in Nine renewal
Media group Nine Entertainment has renewed its exclusive rights in Australia to Uefa club competitions for a further three seasons after striking a new deal with European football’s governing body through t…