Uefa European Championship
RTVS to share Slovak national team rights with AMC
Slovakia’s public-service broadcaster RTVS has reached a deal to show half of the national team’s matches during the 2022-23 to 2027-28 cycle.
Uefa overcomes match-fixing fears to test betting market with Sportradar deal
Uefa is treating its first ever data rights distribution deal with Sportradar as a toe-dipping exercise having previously eschewed selling its betting rights over concerns about match-fixing. Ben Cronin reports on the value and structure of the deal.
AMC awarded Uefa national team rights in Slovakia, Czech Republic
AMC Networks International has secured rights to the Slovak national football team’s matches until 2028, along with third-party Uefa national team rights in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Uefa national team broadcast rights on the market in Italy
Italian broadcasters must lodge their first-round bids for Uefa national team rights, including rights to both the 2024 and 2028 European Championships, by November 24 after invitations to tender were…
Uefa seeks master licensee, retailers for national team tournaments
A sales process has been launched for certain licensing and marketing rights to various Uefa national team tournaments taking place between 2023 and 2028
Uefa national team rights on the market in the Balkans
The CAA Eleven agency has initiated the rights sales process in the Balkan countries for Uefa national team rights between 2022 and 2028
Uefa kicks off search for Euro 2028 hosts with joint bids permitted
Uefa has initiated the bid process for the 2028 European Championship, issuing its member national associations with a bid deadline of March 23 next year by which to submit their interest
Česká Televize acquires rights for Euro 2024 and 2028
Czech public-service broadcaster Česká Televize has retained rights to Uefa men’s national team competitions during the 2022-28 cycle.
Uefa doubles down on ‘real dangers’ of biennial World Cup
Uefa, football’s European governing body, has outlined four “real dangers” associated with the proposal by Fifa to make the World Cup a biennial event, hitting out at the world governing body’s “promot…
Merging M6 and TF1 handed deadline for six-year Uefa national team rights bids
M6 and TF1, the French commercial broadcasters in the process of merging their activities, must lodge their offers for broadcast rights to France’s national team qualifying matches, along with the Uefa E…
Uefa: Euro 2020 figures underline enduring appeal of appointment-to-view events
Uefa, football’s European governing body, has said that viewing figures released today (Thursday) show that Euro 2020 acted as “a timely reminder of the importance major sport events play in delivering tho…
Nent adds to armoury in Baltics with Uefa national team rights
Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group has acquired a wide-ranging suite of Uefa national team competition rights in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania across the 2022-28 cycle
Sony: 61m watched Euro 2020 across Indian subcontinent
Approximately 61 million viewers tuned in to Indian broadcaster Sony Pictures Network to watch its coverage of the Uefa Euro 2020 competition, the network has said
How the Euro 2020 retail programme adapted to multi-host format and crowd restrictions
Adam Nelson speaks to Astrid Thams, director of retail, events and licensing at Fanatics, about the challenges of navigating a successful retail operation through the Covid-19-hit Euro 2020 tournament.
Uefa national team media rights on market in sub-Saharan Africa
The CAA Eleven agency has invited bids in sub-Saharan Africa for a suite of Uefa men’s national team rights during the 2022-28 cycle.
French regulator seeks to tighten sports betting rules after Euros study
France’s gambling regulator, L'Autorité Nationale des Jeux (ANJ), has called on sports betting operators to “rebalance their practices” after a study conducted during Uefa Euro 2020 revealed concerns over t…
Uefa compensates Bilbao, Dublin, Istanbul for loss of key hosting rights
Uefa, European football’s governing body, has moved to compensate Bilbao, Dublin and Istanbul for the loss of club and national team competition hosting rights due to Covid-19 by reordering its future c…
FIGC considers bid for Euro 2028, 2030 World Cup
Gabriele Gravina, president of the Italian Football Federation (FIGC), has said the organisation will evaluate a potential bid to host the 2028 Uefa European Championship or the 2030 Fifa World Cup