In the wake of the failed breakaway European Super League, UEFA’s new Champions League format, set to come into effect from the 2024-2025 season, will likely represent a significant increase in broadcasting revenues for UEFA as a result of the expanded fixture list according to advisory firm GlobalData. The current 32-team Champions League format generates […]
At 2021 IAB NewFronts, fuboTV, the sports-first live TV streaming platform in the US, announced the launch of a branded content studio for advertisers, and a partnership with LiveRamp to enhance its addressable advertising capabilities. Through the new studio, advertisers can collaborate with fuboTV’s creative team to create custom branded content to air on Fubo […]
Sky Sports and the BBC have both announced three-year deals with the FA to show live matches from the Barclays Women’s Super League (BFAWSL), starting in September 2021. Sky Sports will be the primary broadcaster – picking up the rights from BT Sport – and will show at least 35 games per season, whilst the […]
BT Sport will broadcast action from Chelsea and Manchester City’s UEFA Women’s Champions League games. BT Sport’s live coverage will kick off on March 3rd with Fiorentina’s trip to Manchester City March on BT Sport 2, as Gareth Taylor’s side look to go one better in this year’s competition, having been eliminated by Toni Duggan’s […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Telenet is adding a new, linear sports channel to its basic offering. The new Play Sports Open channel will offer all Telenet TV customers a selection of matches from different Play Sports competitions, including Premier League football, European League, Eredivisie, ATP and WTA Tennis, Belgian Hockey and Basketball, Cyclo-cross, Formula 1 and MXGP. Play Sports […]
OneFootball, the digital football media business, has announced the appointment of Denise Parkinson in a newly created role as Global Entertainment Director. Reporting to OneFootball’s UK Sales Director and former Yahoo! Director, Edward Desbois, Parkinson will be responsible for working closely with entertainment clients from the world of streaming, film, gaming and music to help […]
Almost 1.9 million Brits admitted to illegally streaming Premier League football at some point in 2020, according to research from personal finance comparison site finder.com. The survey asked Brits