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New competition formats put Uefa on collision course with multi-club owners
An in-depth SportBusiness investigation into football’s multi-club ownership phenomenon has charted Uefa’s collision course with powerful ownership groups such as City Football Group, Red Bull and 777 Partners, as new ‘Swiss model’ formats in European club competitions are set to create conflicts of interest on an unprecedented scale.
Strauss is first brand to sign up for next Europa and Conference League cycle
Engelbert Strauss has become the first brand to be announced as a Uefa Europa League and Uefa Conference League sponsor in the next three-year cycle from 2024-25 to 2026-27, having renewed its association…
EXCLUSIVE: Heineken 0.0 to end Europa League and Conference League deals next year
Heineken’s non-alcoholic beer brand Heineken 0.0 will not extend its sponsorship of the Uefa Europa League and Conference League after its current deal expires at the end of the 2023-24 season.
Shinai nets exclusive digital rights to Uefa club competitions
Chinese media group Shinai Sports has announced an exclusive digital rights deal for Uefa club competitions for the 2023-24 season, bolstering its portfolio of top-tier football properties
LaLiga TV Bar nets Uefa club competition ‘horeca’ rights
LaLiga’s channel for public establishments, LaLiga TV Bar, has acquired exclusive hospitality rights for Uefa club competitions from 2024-25 to 2026-27, beefing up its content offering and supplementing t…
Telefónica renews Uefa rights at slight decrease, hit with €5m F1 rights fine
Spanish telecoms operator Telefónica has renewed its exclusive Uefa club competition rights for a further three seasons, achieving a slight reduction in the overall cost.
Uefa invites logistics category bids for men’s club competitions
Uefa, European football's governing body, has launched a tender process in the logistics category to sponsor its leading men's club competitions
Uefa clears multi-club owners to compete in Euro competitions, Osasuna to appeal
Uefa has cleared Aston Villa, Brighton & Hove Albion and AC Milan to compete in its club competitions next season, saying it is satisfied that they no direct influence at Vitória Sport Clube, Royal Union …
Uefa goes to market in Ireland with club competition rights
Broadcast rights are on the market in the Republic of Ireland for Uefa club competitions in the 2024-27 cycle
RTL lands Champions League rights in Hungary for first time
Commercial broadcaster RTL has acquired rights in Hungary to the Uefa Champions League while retaining its rights in the country to the Europa League and Europa Conference League
United Media nets Uefa club rights in Slovenia
United Media, the broadcasting group across Southeast Europe, has acquired exclusive rights in Slovenia to an extensive package of Uefa club competition rights for the new three-year cycle
Uefa club competitions media rights tenders issued in Spain
Team Marketing has initiated the sales processes for future broadcast rights to Uefa club competitions in Spain, the last of Europe’s ‘big five’ countries in which the agency has gone to market.
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Stan remains home of Uefa club competitions in Nine renewal
Media group Nine Entertainment has renewed its exclusive rights in Australia to Uefa club competitions for a further three seasons after striking a new deal with European football’s governing body through t…
Sky Italia finalises Uefa club competitions rights swoop
Pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia has retained its rights to Uefa club football competitions through a three-season extension that will take in the new era of the Uefa Champions League
Hungary next up for Uefa club competition media rights auction
The sales process for broadcast rights in Hungary to Uefa club competitions across the 2024-27 cycle has started today (Monday)
Team takes Uefa club competition rights to market in Malta
Team Marketing has gone to market with the rights in Malta to the Uefa Champions League, Europa League and Europa Conference League for the 2024-25 to 2026-27 cycle
Uefa club competitions stickers and trading cards RFP set to launch
The request for proposal (RFP) process is set to launch for ‘Official Sticker Albums’ and ‘Official Trading Cards’ rights to Uefa’s men’s club competitions across the 2024-27 cycle.
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Brazil and Latin America next up for Uefa club competition rights sales
Broadcasters in Brazil and the rest of Latin America must lodge their Uefa club competition rights bids later this month, SportBusiness understands