Although rumoured at an earlier stage to be among the bidders for the main packages of live rights to English Premier League football, Amazon has been successful in securing one of the secondary, 20-match packages that remained unsold when the successful bids were announced. BT, which already secured rights to 32 games, picked up a […]
BT Sport has won the rights to a further 20 Premier League football matches in the UK, taking the total to 52, for three years from the start of the 2019/20 season. These games add to the 32 Saturday matches which BT Sport won earlier this year, and were part of two, unsold secondary packages […]
In addition to announcing that Amazon Prime and BT had been successful in securing the two outstanding live rights domestic packages, the Premier League has confirmed that its member clubs have agreed a new formula for sharing any future increase in international broadcast revenue from season 2019/20 onwards. The League currently distributes all international broadcast […]
Spanish TV group Mediapro has, after all, lost the Italian Football TV rights after Serie A refused its down payment of €1.6 billion to retain the rights. In a statement, Serie A said that the “guarantees presented at the last minute by the Spanish intermediary Mediapro” were not sufficient and did not meet their requirements. […]
Research from content protection and data-analytics solutions specialist MUSO suggests that 83 per cent of UK users who consume pirated content try to find it legally first, and that those who access unlicensed music, film and TV are actually more likely to have subscription services such as Netflix or Spotify. In the survey of 1,000 […]
Global sports provider Eleven Sports has extended its carriage partnership with multiplay operator Telenet for a further three years in Belgium. As part of the extended agreement, Eleven Sports 3 will be available to Telenet customers across the country. This is in addition to Eleven Sports 1 and Eleven Sports 2, which have been available […]
Research and strategy consultancy MTM has announced the launch of MTM Sport, a specialist division focused on helping rights holders, federations and leagues, sports businesses, media and technology companies, and government and public-sector organisations. The new division aims to help sports clients succeed in fast-moving, digitally-driven markets. The division will be headed up by Ross […]
Spanish TV group Mediapro has made a downpayment of €1.6 billion as a financial guarantee to the Italian football league to retain the TV rights to Serie A football. The Italian teams have accepted the offer, approving Mediapro’s right to sell the TV rights as an intermediary. So now the group looks likely to keep […]
Channel 4 and VICE have announced a partnership that will see more than 900 hours of VICE’s long-form content available on Channel 4’s on-demand service, All 4. Over 200 hours of new programming and more than 700 hours of content from VICE’s library, including premium international news and current affairs, and lifestyle and cultural programming […]
Discovery and the PGA Tour have formed a strategic alliance to create a new international multi-platform home for golf. The companies say the alliance will seek to benefit the game worldwide, helping to drive golf’s fan base and grow the sport around the world. The 12 year relationship, to begin in 2019 and carry through […]