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Liverpool’s LA Productions picks up 4 BAFTA noms

Liverpool’s independent film and TV company LA Productions is celebrating after picking up an incredible four nominations at this year’s BAFTA TV and Craft Awards, for its inspiring programmes, Anthony and Moving On. Drama, Anthony, has been nominated in three categories, including Best Supporting Actress for Rakie Ayola; Best Emerging Talent: Fiction for dubbing mixer […]

April 29, 2021

Bank: “ESL bad news for broadcasters”

The world of football was thrown into turmoil by the announcement of a European Super League, and according to an investment bank report, could be “negative” for Europe’s broadcasters. The bank, Exane/BNPP, says the creation of the Super League – if it happens – could herald the sport’s biggest shakeup in decades and make elite […]

April 20, 2021

BT condemns European Super League

On April 18th, Premier League football clubs Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur revealed that they are among 12 clubs who have agreed to join a new European Super League (ESL). If the new league were to form, the Premier League teams will join AC Milan, Atletico Madrid, Barcelona, Inter Milan, […]

April 19, 2021By Nik Roseveare

Mediaset scores Champions League FTA & streaming rights

Mediaset has been awarded the Italian free-to-air and streaming rights for the UEFA Champions League for another three years, until 2024. The broadcaster will be able to air the best match of each round of Europe’s premier football competition free-to-air as well as the final, which will also be available online for free. In addition, […]

February 19, 2021From Branislav Pekic in Rome

All Premier League on TV until fans return

The Premier League has confirmed all fixtures for the 2020/21 season will continue to be made available to fans to watch live in the UK. This arrangement will be extended until Government guidance permits supporters to return to stadiums. All matches will be shown via existing broadcast partners Sky Sports, BT Sport, Amazon Prime Video […]

February 18, 2021By Colin Mann

BT: “Sport rights value will deflate”

Europe’s top football leagues are in for a period of “deflation” in the price of their television rights, says Simon Green, head of BT Sport. “There’s certainly going to be a rights correction and it may be seen and interpreted by many as rights deflation,” Green told the Financial Times. Green believes that as the […]

February 17, 2021

Sky hires Reynolds & Thomas for Documentary team

Sky has hired Hayley Reynolds in the role of Commissioning Editor and Janine Thomas as Assistant Commissioning Editor in the newly formed Documentaries and Factual commissioning team. They will both start in their positions in the next month. In their new roles, Reynolds and Thomas will support Poppy Dixon, Director of Documentaries and Factual Commissioning, […]

February 3, 2021

Liverpool FC doc on discovery+ throughout Europe

It was the season that captured the hearts and minds of Liverpool fans across the globe, a season of challenges that had never been faced before, but ended in glory with captain Jordan Henderson holding the greatest prize in English football aloft. Available via Discovery’s new streaming service, discovery+, The End of the Storm has […]

February 1, 2021

BT Sport offers 26 Premier League game for £25

BT Sport will show a total of 26 Premier League games over 30 days – including every team playng twice over the next 10 days – and football fans can catch all the action for £25 with the BT Sport Monthly Pass. Standout fixtures include Spurs v Liverpool on January 28th, Spurs v Chelsea on […]

January 25, 2021By Nik Roseveare

Report: Pandemic’s “devastating impacts” on European football

The devastating impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic are clearly reflected by the financial performance indicators of the champions of Europe’s six prominent leagues in the past season, according to The European Champions Report 2021 from consultancy firm KPMG’s Football Benchmark team. All six champions scrutinised in the report have now recorded a decrease in their […]

January 15, 2021By Colin Mann