Football
GMM Grammy acquires League Cup and vows to add more sport
Thai media conglomerate GMM Grammy acquired rights for English football’s League Cup competition, in a three-year deal, from 2012-13 to 2014-15.
Team agrees deal for Europa League in Georgia
Georgian pay-television operator Global Media Group acquired the rights to the Uefa Europa League for the remainder of the 2011-12 season in a deal brokered by the Team Marketing agency
Al Jazeera and M6 snap up Europa League rights in France
Pay-television broadcaster Al Jazeera and commercial broadcaster M6 acquired rights for the Uefa Europa League in France for three seasons, from 2012-13 to 2014-15
TF1 and M6 refuse to concede defeat in Euro rights battle
French commercial broadcasters TF1 and M6 have not given up hope of showing the Euro 2012 and 2016 football tournaments, despite reports that pay-television broadcaster Al Jazeera has already acquired…
MP & Silva strikes deal with Oceania Football Confederation
The MP & Silva agency agreed a multi-year deal with the Oceania Football Confederation to distribute the worldwide media rights for all confederation competitions, from now until the 2022 Fifa World Cup
Premier League ad campaign to tackle pub use of foreign feeds
The English Premier League launched an advertising campaign warning UK pubs and clubs using foreign pay-television services to show league matches that they are under threat of legal action
Fifteen bids approved for Bundesliga rights tender
Fifteen bidding companies were approved by the board of the Deutsche Fussball Liga, the German football league, to take part in the full tender for its next cycle of the domestic rights, from 2013-14 to…
Bundesliga tempts commercial broadcasters with new advertising slots
The Deutsche Fussball Liga, the German football league, may relax restrictions on advertising during its live and highlights programming to build interest in its domestic rights among commercial broadcasters
Sportdigital acquires live Polish football league rights
German sports broadcaster Sportdigital acquired rights for the Polish Ekstraklasa, Poland’s top-tier football league, in a two-and-a-half-year deal from now until the end of the 2013-14 season.
Uefa awards Champions League and Europa League rights in Japan
Japanese pay-television operator SkyPerfecTV renewed its rights deal with Uefa, European football’s governing body, for the Champions League and Europa League for three years, from 2012-13 to 2014-15.
Eurosport renews Africa Cup of Nations rights
Pan-European cable and satellite sports broadcaster Eurosport extended its rights deal for the Africa Cup of Nations for the next two editions of the tournament, in 2013 and 2015
Lega Serie A to split up highlights rights after rejecting low bids
Lega Serie A, the Italian football league, is set to split up its main free-to-air Sunday highlights package into two or more packages, after a league assembly voted on Friday to reject a low bid for the…
IMG launches first-ever in-flight sports channel on Gulf Air routes
The IMG Media agency launched the world’s first in-flight global 24-hour sports channel on Gulf Air, the Bahrain state airline.
Octagon treads softly in Africa
IOC adopts revenue-share model in Africa after Fifa 2010 World Cup experiment
French league confirms CFoot will close
The French football league, the Ligue de Football Professionnel, today confirmed that CFoot, the league’s digital-terrestrial pay-television channel, will close at the end of the 2011-12 football season.
Team asks M6 and Canal Plus for separate Europa League bids
The Team Marketing agency asked French commercial channel M6 and pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus to submit separate bids as well as a joint offer for the rights for the Uefa Europa League football…
ABS-CBN acquires Philippines national football team rights
Filipino commercial broadcaster ABS-CBN acquired rights from the Philippine Football Federation for national team matches in a four-year deal, from 2012 to 2015
Serie A doubles its money with Fox in Latin America
Serie A makes the most of heated Latin American market