Mediapro’s Roures: At least €600m could be lost if LaLiga season ends
Jaume Roures, the chief executive of Barcelona-based media rights and production agency Mediapro, has warned that cancelling the remainder of the 2019-20 LaLiga season could lead to upwards of €600m (…
Sport TV offers free-to-air Primeira Liga coverage
Pay-television broadcaster Sport TV has responded to the nation’s coronavirus precautions by announcing that it will broadcast matchdays 25 and 26 in the top-tier Primeira Liga on its free-to-air Sport T…
Marinakis-owned Alter Ego pulls out of Forthnet takeover
Shipping magnate and Greek businessman Evangelos Marinakis has pulled out of a deal to acquire telecoms operator Forthnet, the parent company of Greek pay-television broadcaster Nova, after protracted…
Concacaf’s Pellerano: Media proliferation lets everyone have their place
Football in the US is facing a unique opportunity to grow in the country now due to the proliferation of multiple media platforms for distribution, Concacaf’s chief commercial officer Heidi Pellerano t…
SABC to receive final ZAR1.1bn tranche of government bailout
The South African Broadcasting Corporation is set to receive more than ZAR1bn (€58.4m/$64.2m) in a major financial boost from the country’s Treasury.
This latest bailout is worth ZAR1.1bn
StarTimes adds ESPN channels in sub-Saharan Africa
Pan-African pay-television broadcaster StarTimes has added ESPN and ESPN 2 to its linear platforms alongside four other Disney-owned entertainment channels
Champions League rights-holder Univision sold to private equity firms
A consortium headed up by private equity firms Searchlight Capital Partners and ForgeLight LLC have acquired a controlling stake in Spanish-language broadcaster and Uefa Champions League rights-holder…
Sky Italia mulls free-to-air broadcast of Juventus-Inter in wake of coronavirus
Italian pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia has said that it will consult with Lega Serie A over whether to broadcast this Sunday’s fixture between Juventus and Inter Milan on its free-to-air channel T…
ERT commits to various EBU sports rights acquisitions
Greek public broadcaster ERT has signed up to support a wide range of sports properties acquired by the European Broadcasting Union, the umbrella body of public broadcasters in Europe
CNMC ‘urges’ changes to LaLiga’s international rights sales
The Comisión de los Mercados y La Competencia (CNMC), Spain’s competition watchdog, has urged LaLiga to amend its tender processes within and beyond the European Economic Area for the media rights to th…