Football

The newly branded Ninja A-League will benefit from at least 10 free-to-air matches in 2024-25 as part of its naming rights deal.

LaLiga has signed an agreement with China Media Group (CMG) as the league continues to expand its presence in the country following a turbulent period of coverage in recent seasons.

Cercle Brugge's last-minute Uefa Conference League qualification has prompted Belgian telco Telenet to sublicense an extra match to free-to-air broadcaster in Flanders: VRT.

At least five top-tier sports marketing agencies are vying for the chance to sell Uefa Champions League commercial rights from 2027-28 onward, after the deadline for bids passed this morning.

The Belgian Pro League will once again look for a five-season domestic broadcast rights agreement after launching its tender in conjunction with the IMG agency.

Viaplay is streaming free YouTube coverage in the UK of the opening 2024-25 Uefa Nations League fixtures after failing to sell the rights on to a broadcaster

BeIN Sports’ first instalment payment for its slice of Ligue 1 domestic rights remains unpaid with the broadcaster understood to be holding out for full details of the sponsorship inventory it has been awarded.

TV Pública, the state broadcaster in Argentina, has insisted it is in talks to sublicense rights to the Argentina national team for the remainder of the 2026 Fifa World Cup qualifiers after a rare blackout last night.

The Bundesliga will earn around the same in media rights revenues from Indonesia this season as it did last year after Mola agreed to pay a settlement fee and MNC and IndiHome almost made up the difference in one-season deals.

Premier League coverage in the Caribbean will be shown by the ESPN channels and made available to Flow TV subscribers after a deal with pay-television broadcaster Verticast ended one season early.

Brazil’s top-tier Série A has moved closer to the R$2bn-per-year mark in guaranteed media rights earnings from 2025, after the Liga Forte União bloc of clubs agreed multiple deals in principle with Record, YouTube and Amazon. 

SportBusiness understands that Amazon Prime Video will soon finalise a deal to exclusively show one match per week – a home fixture of a club belonging to the Liga Forte Uniao bloc – over five years, from 2025 to 2029.

ITV has concluded an eleventh-hour deal with Viaplay to show live UK coverage of Uefa Nations League matches this week featuring Scotland and Northern Ireland.

IMG is currently looking to recruit a vice-president of football in the Americas and a vice-president of rights in Latin America after losing some key experience in the region

The Sporty Group has solidified its free-to-air football rights portfolio in Ghana and Nigeria in long-term deals for LaLiga, Serie A and the English Football League

The Premier League will enjoy continuity in its coverage in Hong Kong after Now TV, the pay-television arm of telco PCCW, retained its rights for three more seasons