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Portugal: Eleven extends Champions League rights

Eleven has renewed its UEFA Champions League rights in Portugal for three additional seasons until 2023/24. Portuguese football fans will be able to follow all the action from Europe’s biggest competition across Eleven’s six linear channels, OTT platform and operator partners. Eleven subscribers will have access to 138 games each season, from the group qualifying […]

November 27, 2020

Report: Sport a third of Nordic pay-TV revenues

The market for Nordic TV sports rights has been dynamic all through 2020, with several major rights being out for tender, reports Mediavision. This week, ice hockey and the Bundesliga have been the centre of attention. Telia extended its rights to the major Swedish hockey league (SHL), and NENT extended its Nordic NHL ownership – […]

November 12, 2020

Bank: “Mediaset better than expected”

Italian broadcaster Mediaset’s delivered better-than-expected Q3 results with its Italian revenue beating the market’s consensus by some 3 per cent. No Full Year 2o20 guidance was provided, but the trend appears to be supportive. Its core financials for Q3 saw group revenue rise by 2 per cent year on year to €556 million. Breaking down […]

November 12, 2020

Italy: Sky, Mediaset to retain remaining Champions League

Sky Italia and Italian commercial network Mediaset are reportedly nearing a deal to retain the majority of UEFA Champions League and Europa League rights in the country. As previously reported, Amazon looks set to acquire the first pick of Wednesday night games from the European club football competition’s in Italy, paying €80 million per season. […]

November 2, 2020

Italy: Amazon set to score Champions League package

Amazon is reportedly set to acquire a significant Champions League package in Italy, where it will stream the games on its Prime Video platform. Amazon is set to pay €80 million per season to get the first pick of matches on Wednesday evenings – 17 games per season in total – for the 2021 to […]

October 15, 2020

EE unveils Match Day Experience on BT Sport App

EE has announced Match Day Experience features on the BT Sport app, which will be inclusive for new customers taking the Full Works iPhone plan with the new 5G iPhone. Through a set of new BT Sport App features that make the most of the UK’s number one 5G network, and optimised for the iPhone […]

October 15, 2020

OneFootball & Bundesliga launch FTA model in LatAm

Digital media company OneFootball and Bundesliga International, a subsidiary of the DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga, have announced a digital-first, Free-to-Air (FTA) broadcasting model for all Bundesliga matches in a number of Latin America’s major football markets. With immediate effect, all Bundesliga matches during the 2020-21 season will be broadcast for free across nine countries in […]

September 30, 2020

Analyst: High willingness to pay for sport in Nordics

Like most other media activities, sports have been under pressure in 2020 – not only due to covid-19, but also from a rights perspective reports Mediavision. Luckily for Nordic sports fans, leagues and tournaments have been able to resume to play and announce winners of the spring seasons. Several major sports rights have been renegotiated […]

September 23, 2020

Germany: DAZN launches on Vodafone’s GigaTV

DAZN, the sports streaming service, is now available on Vodafone’s GigaTV platform in Germany. The companies say it is the “first of multiple partnerships integrations” anticipated between them as they respond to “customer demand for frictionless, richer viewing experiences”. The DAZN app has launched on the GigaTV 4K Box for cable TV customers, and the […]

September 1, 2020By Nik Roseveare

Champions League & Europa League Finals free on Virgin TV

All Virgin TV customers will be able to watch this year’s UEFA Champions League and Europa League finals free of charge. Virgin Media is making it easier for British football fans to tune into the action from home this weekend – even if they don’t currently subscribe to BT Sport. Sevilla will play Inter Milan […]

August 21, 2020