EFL Championship
ESPN agrees two-season EFL rights extension in US
ESPN has reached an agreement to extend its US broadcast rights to the English Football League for another two seasons, SportBusiness understands
Viaplay secures 10-country EFL rights deal
Viaplay has secured rights to the English Football League's Championship and League Cup in all Nordic and Baltic countries, Poland and the Netherlands from 2022-23 in what has been announced as a 'long-term'…
EFL adds Jewson to sponsorship pyramid
The English Football League has announced a sponsorship deal with UK builders merchant Jewson.
Jewson has been named as an EFL Supporter, the third tier in the league body’s sponsorship pyramid.
EXCLUSIVE: Pitch retains EFL international rights for two more seasons
The Pitch International agency has emerged as the victor during the English Football League’s recent international rights sales process, retaining its agreement for another two seasons, SportBusiness u…
QPR launches bond to finance £20m training ground project
EFL Championship side Queen’s Park Rangers is calling on fans and institutional investors to subscribe to a bond to raise money for a new, £20m (€23m/$27m) training ground.
EFL launches TikTok channel
The English Football League has launched a channel on short-form video platform TikTok
SABC secures World Athletics, EFL and Eredivisie rights in wide-ranging Disney deal
The SABC, the South African public broadcaster, has bolstered its SABC Sport channel thanks to a deal with media group Disney that includes rights to World Athletics events, Top Rank boxing, the Dutch…
EFL’s international RFP asks bidders to weigh up rights sales versus d2c streaming
The English Football League has issued its Request for Proposals for international broadcast rights from the 2022-23 season onwards
Recast adds QPR to client roster
UK-based direct-to-consumer video platform Recast has added English Championship football club Queens Park Rangers to its portfolio of clients
EFL secures £117.5m MetLife loan to support Championship clubs
The English Football League has secured a £117.5m ($161.7m/€137.8m
Relegation put on ice for rugby’s Premiership
The Rugby Football Union (RFU) Council has cast a “strong majority vote” in favour of no relegation from the Premiership or the second-tier Championship for the 2020-21 season, with further talks over lea…
Premier League agrees to give EFL £250m ‘rescue package’
The English Premier League has finalised a £250m (€278m/$337m) rescue package agreement with the English Football League to help lower-league clubs which have been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.
EFL launches fan campaign as iFollow piracy surges during lockdown
The English Football League has said piracy of its iFollow streaming service has surged after it removed restrictions on the number of matches fans could watch on the platform during the Covid-19 pandemic
Watford signs up University Campus of Football Business to sponsorship deal
English Championship football club Watford has expanded its relationship with higher education institute University Campus of Football Business (UCFB) in a new sponsorship contract
Hollywoodbets enters UK football with Brentford back-of-shirt deal
English Championship football club Brentford FC has signed a two-year back-of-shirt branding deal with South African betting operator Hollywoodbets
Premier League makes revised EFL bailout offer that includes some Championship clubs
The Premier League has made a revised emergency funding offer to help clubs in the English Football League affected by the Covid-19 pandemic
EFL likely to run Serie-A style private equity auction, says investment expert
A leading investment expert has said that multiple private equity firms will be interested in buying a minority stake in the English Football League and predicted that the organisation will launch a Serie-A…
Reddentes brokers new EFL rights deals in Singapore and Indonesia
Live Carabao Cup and English Football League Championship matches will be shown in Singapore and Indonesia from this month after deals were struck by the Singapore-based Reddentes Sports agency and Pitch…