Uefa
L’Équipe retains and expands Uefa national team rights
French media group L'Équipe has retained its package of Uefa Nations League and European Qualifiers rights with European football’s governing body, while also enhancing its offering for the next cycle.
Failure of ESL has ‘improved trust and understanding with Uefa’ says ECA’s Marshall
European Club Association chief executive Charlie Marshall looks back on the European Super League plot and explains the club representative body’s role in shaping competition reform through its new joint venture with Uefa. Ben Cronin reports.
DAZN adds Uefa national team matches to Canadian offering
Subscription broadcaster DAZN has acquired rights in Canada to a host of Uefa national team matches as part of a multi-year deal with football’s European governing body.
TikTok ups profile in football with addition of Women’s Euro 2022 rights
Entertainment platform TikTok has been named as an official partner of the Women’s Euro 2022, joining 12 other sponsors with global rights to the tournament.
Uefa announces record revenues for 2020-21 despite pandemic-hit Euros
European football’s governing body Uefa has announced record revenues for 2020-21 despite hosting a delayed, pandemic-hit European Championship.
The record revenue figure of €5.725bn ($6.04b
Uefa bows to criticism and modifies proposed changes to Champions League format
European football’s governing body Uefa has bowed to criticism of its expanded Champions League format and dropped controversial plans to allocate places based on five-year club co-efficient rankings.
Spark nets Euro 2024 and 2028 rights in New Zealand
New Zealand pay-television broadcaster Spark Sport has secured the rights for the Uefa European Championships in both 2024 and 2028
M6 and TF1 ‘set for’ short-term Nations League rights deal
French commercial broadcasters M6 and TF1 are set to agree a short-term deal for rights to the national football team’s upcoming Uefa Nations League fixtures as talks continue over a long-term contract, i…
ARD, ZDF and RTL to land German national team rights to 2028
ARD and ZDF, the German public-service broadcasting duo, and commercial broadcaster RTL are poised to finalise rights deals for Germany’s national team matches during the 2022-28 cycle.
Uefa ends Russia’s Euros bid, issues further sanctions
Uefa has terminated Russia’s bid for Euro 2028 or 2032 as part of further sanctions issued against the country for its invasion of Ukraine.
Channel 4 lands England matches as Sky’s Uefa national team rights further eroded
Free-to-air broadcaster Channel 4 has won rights to England’s qualifying matches for the 2024 Uefa European Championship and Uefa Nations League matches, dislodging incumbent rights-holders ITV and Sky.
Government adds Women’s World Cup, Euros to UK listed events
The UK government has added the Fifa Women's World Cup and the Uefa Women's European Championship to its listed events regime, ensuring the tournaments will remain on free-to-air television in the country
Viaplay makes its UK move with ‘home nations’ Uefa rights swoop
Viaplay, the subscription streaming service operated by Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group, has made its most significant UK rights acquisition to date by landing rights to the 2026 Fifa World Cup and 2028…
Spanish judge lifts protection measures for Super League plotters
A Madrid court has today (Thursday) removed measures that had prevented those clubs still seeking to create a European Super League from being sanctioned by Uefa and Fifa, the governing bodies for European…
Four countries in contention to host 2022-23 Nations League finals
Belgium, Poland, the Netherlands and Wales have declared an interest in hosting the 2022-23 edition of the Uefa Nations League finals
Premier League fan groups blast ‘irresponsible and out of touch’ Champions League reforms
Leading fan groups have described the proposed expansion of the Uefa Champions League as “irresponsible and out of touch” and called on Uefa’s executive committee to block plans to increase the number of ma…
Uefa taps Friend MTS for anti-piracy services
Uefa, football’s European governing body, has appointed content protection firm Friend MTS to provide anti-piracy services across its competitions.
Uefa approves new financial regulations amid fresh Manchester City accusations
Uefa has approved new financial regulations that will increase the amount of debt clubs are able to accumulate over a three-year period from €30m ($32.7