Football

Uefa secured an excellent uplift for rights to Euro 2024 and Euro 2028 in the UK, capitalising on record audiences and the promise of a UK-hosted tournament in 2028. 

Bundesliga International has turned to Infront to manage media rights sales in 10 mainly Central and Eastern European countries in the agency's third multi-territory distribution deal in quick succession with a major European league.

UK commercial broadcaster ITV is close to agreeing a sublicensing deal with Sky Sports for around 20 English Football League matches per season

Infront has begun selling international broadcast and betting rights to the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A after striking one-year deals with the Liga Forte Uniao (LFU) and Libra blocs of clubs, SportBusiness understands.

Bayer Leverkusen's unbeaten season may have come to an end with the 3-0 defeat by Italy's Atalanta in last night's Uefa Europa League final but the game netted the highest German audience for a club match…

A total of 79 FA Cup matches each season will continue to be streamed exclusively on ESPN+ in the US market for four more seasons after the Disney-owned broadcaster reached a renewal agreement with IMG.

A major breakthrough has occurred in Belgium in the fight against piracy in what could have implications for the value of the Pro League's next domestic media rights, ahead of a tender to be issued later this year.

LFP Media has turned to Infront to sell its media rights across much of Europe, Asia and Oceania, its second agency distribution agreement in quick succession.

Broadcast rights revenue at the Asian Football Confederation totalled $206.1m (€190m) in 2023 but with 69 per cent of the figure stemming from deferred income related to the termination of an agency agreement with Football Marketing Asia (FMA).

Club Tigres, one of the most successful Mexican clubs of the last decade, is to move away from an exclusive domestic rights deal in favour of three broadcast partners

Stats Perform has agreed a deal for international betting streaming rights to the English Football League in all markets except the Americas, SportBusiness understands

The future viability of the European Leagues centralised international media rights project is up for debate, after SportBusiness Media revealed two of the biggest participants were jumping out of the pool after just one cycle.

Football's European Leagues body is to continue with just seven leagues in its international broadcast rights pool for at least one more season, after Denmark and Switzerland ended their participation, SportBusiness can reveal.

Uefa and the CAA Eleven agency earned a combined uplift in Italy from Rai and Sky Italia for European Championship rights, SportBusiness Media has learned.

The finals of this season’s Uefa club competitions will be streamed for free on discovery+ as Warner Bros. Discovery seeks to generate more subscriptions for the platform, with the matches to no longer be shown on YouTube.