English Premier League
Gambling sponsorship under threat from UK government review
UK government ministers have committed to reviewing the 2005 Gambling Act in a move which could have a significant impact on sponsorship revenues in British football
Newcastle United signs Loganair as airline sponsor
English Premier League football club Newcastle United has signed regional airline Loganair as its latest associate partner
Premier League invites six-year Nordics rights bids in landmark European move
Broadcasters in the Nordic region have been invited to bid for English Premier League rights over six seasons, from 2022-23 to 2027-28, as well as across the hitherto standard length of three seasons,…
Manchester City sign sponsorship deal with “huge” Midea brand
Premier League football club Manchester City has added Chinese consumer appliances manufacturer Midea to its sponsorship portfolio
Nike inks Liverpool deal for £30m per year basic fee as club eyes royalties uplift
Premier League club Liverpool has signed Nike as its official kit supplier from the 2020-21 season for a basic fee of £30m (€35.3m/$39.5m) per season, SportBusiness understands.
Chelsea’s commercial revenue growth buoyed by status among Europe’s elite
Premier League football club Chelsea reported a commercial revenue increase of 8.5 per cent for the 2018-19 season – compensating for falls in broadcast and matchday income over the period.
Premier League issues broadcaster-focused ITT in Nordics from 2022-23 onwards
The English Premier League is inviting bids in the Nordic region for broadcast rights from the 2022-23 season onwards
Rambler ‘targets Match TV clips in latest Premier League rights case’
Russian sports broadcaster Match TV, owned by Gazprom Media, is reported to have become the subject of a lawsuit in Rambler Media Group’s crackdown on what it claims is illicit broadcasts of the English P…
Liverpool develops its data management through Acronis partnership
Premier League club Liverpool has added cyber storage specialists Acronis to its sponsorship portfolio
West Ham adds logistics specialist ITD Global to sponsorship portfolio
English Premier League club West Ham United has signed up logistics company ITD Global as a sponsor
Tottenham Hotspur seek ‘£25m a season’ for stadium naming rights
English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur remains some way off securing a naming rights sponsor for its stadium
Canal Plus to launch Premier League and Top 14 digital channels
French pay-TV broadcaster Canal Plus is to launch dedicated digital channels to showcase its coverage of the English Premier League and French rugby union’s Top 14.
Russia’s Rambler targets Twitch in latest Premier League piracy action
Russia’s Rambler Media Group has secured a court ruling suspending the streaming of English Premier League football games by video platform Twitch, claiming that the Amazon-owned service is infringing u…
CCTV removes Arsenal-Man City broadcast after Özil tweets
China state broadcaster CCTV removed yesterday's Arsenal-Manchester City English Premier League game from its schedule because of comments made by Arsenal midfielder Mesut Özil on social media platform …
LA Dodgers co-owner Boehly tables unsuccessful Chelsea takeover bid
US financier Todd Boehly, part-owner of Major League Baseball’s Los Angeles Dodgers, has made an unsuccessful bid to buy English Premier League outfit Chelsea from Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich.
Manchester City agrees training kit deal with Marathonbet
Premier League club Manchester City has signed a new training kit sponsor, agreeing a deal with online gambling platform Marathonbet.
Spurs extends until 2022 with Hugo Boss
Premier League football club Tottenham Hotspur has extended its sponsorship contract with luxury fashion brand Hugo Boss
Duracell buys spots on Amazon Prime’s Premier League debut, cuts short-term Chelsea deal
Battery brand Duracell has agreed a media buy with Amazon Prime and short-term digital content deal with Premier League club Chelsea in a campaign devised to coincide with Amazon Prime Video’s Live Premier L…