English Premier League

The English Premier League has today (Tuesday) been awarded just under $213m (€187.5m) – plus interest and costs – by the High Court of Justice in London as a result of its collapsed media rights deal with PPTV in China.

The English Premier League is employing videos featuring star players to bolster the second phase of its 2021-22 anti-piracy campaign in Southeast Asia

The Premier League has confirmed it is considering entering the non-fungible token (NFT) space by signing a licensing deal covering digital collectibles

The Premier League and English Football League have reportedly held talks to discuss scrapping the parachute payments system and replacing it with a more equitable solution

In this week’s episode, podcast co-hosts Eric Fisher and Chris Russo interview Stan Chia, Vivid Seats chief executive. Fisher and Russo also discuss NBC Sports’ record-setting rights renewal with the Premier League for the United States, the introduction of a dramatic series of 2022 purse and bonus increases at the PGA tour, further advances in the attempted reboot of the United States Football League, and the pending departure of Major League Soccer president and deputy commissioner Mark Abbott.

Nova, the Greek pay-television broadcaster owned by United Media Group, has finalised its acquisition of exclusive Premier League rights in a six-year deal running to 2028

The UK Government has been called on to create a new independent regulator (IREF), while a solidarity transfer levy has been proposed for Premier League clubs as part of the Fan-Led Review of English Football…

The Premier League has initiated its broadcast rights sales process in Latin America and the Caribbean, inviting broadcasters to lodge their first-round offers by December 13

Australian telco Optus has renewed its exclusive rights for the English Premier League for the next six seasons, in a deal running from 2022-23 to 2027-28

NBC Sports has retained the United States media rights to the Premier League amid fierce competition in a record-setting deal which covers the 2022-23 season through 2027-28

Panini has agreed an extension to its Premier League official sticker and trading card licence

In this week’s episode, podcast co-hosts Eric Fisher and Chris Russo interview Ken Martin, GreenPark Sports co-founder and chief executive. Fisher and Russo also discuss recent issues surrounding the Walt Disney Co., the awarding of online sports betting licenses in New York, a pair of acquisitions by sports streaming platform fuboTV, the tender process for the Premier League’s US broadcast rights, and leadership issues surrounding the NBA’s Portland Trail Blazers.

The outcome of the auction of US broadcast rights to the Premier League will not be known for at least another week after the tender process went to a second round

English Premier League clubs may decide to scrutinise every club sponsorship for owner-related influence in response to the takeover of Newcastle United by the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF)

The English Premier League has appointed Kaiyan Chen as head of media sales in the Asia-Pacific region, starting in December

The English Premier League’s head of media sales for Asia-Pacific, Michael Edelston, is leaving the organisation to take up a senior media-rights role at Formula E.