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SportBusiness Media 23:22
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FOOTBALL: Uefa secures massive Champions League hike in Germany as broadcaster battle heats up
Tomos Grace, EMEA head of sport, YouTube
Tomos Grace discusses the company’s three-pronged strategy, its role as a ‘free-funnel’ for rights-holders, and its plans to develop its ‘pay’ and ‘live’ offers.
YouTube sees future for ‘pay’ content in sports broadcast partnerships
Premier League club Liverpool’s decision to launch ‘paid-for’ content options on global video-sharing platform YouTube is a taster of how the platform will develop its sports-broadcasting partnerships.
IOC extends non-Tokyo Games rights growth trend in Japan to 2032
The International Olympic Committee extended a long run of media-rights revenue growth in Japan in its latest deal with the market’s free-to-air broadcaster consortium for 2026 to 2032, when the special case of the large Tokyo 2020 sales cycle is disregarded.
SportBusiness Media 23:21
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FOOTBALL: Mediapro ‘bias’ claims cast cloud over Champions League award in France
FOOTBALL: Uefa benefits from US digital battle as club competition values soar
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RTBF keeps financial discipline in protracted Belgian Olympics sublicense talks
RTBF’s Olympic sublicensing deal with US media group Discovery was delayed by the Belgian broadcaster’s determination not to exceed the amount it committed to the European Broadcasting Union’s failed attempt to acquire the property, SportBusiness Media understands.
Sport spearheads Djarum’s bid for ‘premium player’ status in Indonesian media
OTT platform Mola TV has lit a fire under the Indonesian sports-media industry in the last year with the rapid rollout of its new service and a string of media-rights acquisitions. In an exclusive interview, Mirwan Suwarso, a representative of the company, tells SportBusiness Media that sports content is the spearhead of a wider plan by parent company Djarum to create a major domestic and international media business.
SportBusiness Media 23:20
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FOOTBALL: BT looks to secure sports future with huge Champions League renewal
FOOTBALL: Caf-Lagardère dispute throws market into confusion, agency mulls legal options
Canal Plus set to recoup Tokyo 2020 outlay in France with Eurosport deal
French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus is set to recoup its outlay on the Tokyo 2020 Olympic rights in a deal with Discovery-owned Eurosport, SportBusiness Media understands.
DAZN’s ‘logical’ interest in UK launch is hard to square with commercial realities
In October, DAZN executive chairman John Skipper described the UK as “a logical DAZN market”, pinpointing three potential avenues of entry: rights to the English Premier League, boxing, and tennis. But experts and insiders surveyed by SportBusiness say DAZN should treat the UK market with caution.
SportBusiness Media 23:19
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FOOTBALL: Digiturk and LaLiga end deal in Turkey amid currency crisis
FOOTBALL: Timing will be critical to Serie A domestic rights tender
Plan B in talks to sublicense Tokyo 2020 Olympics in Thailand
The Plan B Media agency is in talks with multiple broadcasters in Thailand to sublicense the Tokyo 2020 Olympics rights, which it acquired from the Japan-based Dentsu agency in a surprise move this summer.
SportBusiness Media 23:18
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FOOTBALL: UK, France may drive global Champions League revenue downturn
FOOTBALL: Bundesliga agrees big fee rise in US with ESPN, but takes exposure gamble
Paul Rehrig, general manager, Eurosport Digital
Paul Rehrig, general manager, Eurosport Digital, talks about Discovery’s deal with Twitter for coverage of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo
Discovery’s Tokyo 2020 deal with Twitter sets stage for more clips, highlights partnerships
The deal struck this week between US media group Discovery and social media platform Twitter for coverage of the 2020 summer Olympic Games in Tokyo is expected to be the first of many such clip and highlights deals, as Discovery looks for additional ways to monetise its substantial investment in the rights in Europe.
SportBusiness Media 23:17
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FOOTBALL: Uefa set to agree record deal with Deutsche Telekom for Euro 2024
FOOTBALL: LaLiga shifts to fee plus revenue share in Premier Sports UK, Ireland deals
SportBusiness Media 23:16
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BASKETBALL: Euroleague secures robust fee rise in Turkey amid booming basketball interest
AMERICAN FOOTBALL: NFL eyes further brand boost with ProSiebenSat
SportBusiness Media 23:15
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FOOTBALL: BBC pays blockbuster fee for Women’s Euro 2021 UK rights as market surges
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SportBusiness Media 23:14
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TENNIS: Amazon pays premium in French Open domestic rights play
BASKETBALL: China’s Tencent sees off Youku to keep NBA digital rights in record deal
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Ewell Zhao, General Manager, Tencent Sports
Ewell Zhao talks about Tencent’s rights renewal with the NBA, its method for valuing sports media rights and the future of the Chinese sports video streaming industry.
SportBusiness Media 23:13
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FOOTBALL: Weak pound post-Brexit vote boosts total Premier League rights income
MULTI-SPORT: Ambitious JTBC shakes Korean FTA broadcasters, delivers strong Olympics fee for IOC
Ambitious JTBC shakes Korean FTA broadcasters, delivers strong Olympics fee for IOC
South Korean pay-television broadcaster JTBC’s recent acquisition of Olympics Games rights has jolted the country’s sluggish sports media rights market and delivered an unexpectedly strong fee increase for the International Olympic Committee.
TikTok’s growth pushes platform into key engagement role for sports properties
As TikTok has grown into one of the world's most popular social-media apps during the past year, the short-form video-sharing platform has become an important tool for sports rights-holders to expand and engage their fanbases.
SportBusiness Media 23:12
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TENNIS: Perform makes last-ditch attempt to outbid IMG for ATP Tour betting, data rights
TENNIS: French Open tender gambit unlikely to boost FFT revenues