Conmebol approves tender for 2023-26 club competition rights
Conmebol, South American football’s governing body, has approved the launch of an invitation to tender for commercial rights to its club competitions between 2023 and 2026.
Conmebol presses ahead with claim against Globo for Libertadores cancellation
The South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) has filed a claim against Brazilian media group Globo to recover fees that it claims it is owed after the latter’s broadcast rights contract cancellation.
DAZN signs Orange commercial premises deal, begins non-live content push in Japan
Telecoms operator Orange has signed a commercial premises deal with over-the-top streaming platform DAZN for rights to the English Premier League’s 2020-21 season in Spain.
Globo ‘fends off Fifa for a second time’ over $90m payment
Brazilian media group Globo is reported to have successfully fought off an appeal from world football’s governing body Fifa over payment of a $90m (€76.1m) sum for rights to a host of tournaments.
Sky Italia’s exclusive digital rights appeal thrown out
An appeal by pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia against a ban on it acquiring exclusive digital media rights has been thrown out by Italy’s Council of State.
Judge rejects AFA appeal to cancel Fox Sports’ Primera División contract
A judge in a commercial court has thrown out the Argentinian Football Association’s appeal to overturn a ruling reinstating pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports’ rights to the nation’s top tier of pr…
TFF and beIN remove FX barrier in renegotiated rights deal
The Turkish Football Federation and pay-television broadcaster beIN Media Group have renegotiated the terms of the final two years of their Turkish Süper Lig media rights agreement, bringing to an end …
Rai acquires CEV Champions League rights in Italy
Italian public broadcaster Rai has acquired rights to broadcast volleyball’s European Volleyball Confederation (CEV) Champions League across both the men’s and women’s game.
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Turner acquires rights to Uruguay-Brazil, Band ‘eyes free-to-air rights’
Pay-television broadcaster Turner has acquired the pay-television rights to tomorrow’s (November 17) Fifa World Cup qualifier between Uruguay and Brazil, while commercial broadcaster Band is still in t…
Latest beIN, TFF negotiations near end as clubs ‘settle on figure’
The latest round of negotiations between pay-television broadcaster beIN and the Turkish Football Federation appears close to ending after the body’s president issued a statement saying that it was willing t…