Media
Portuguese FA challenger queries league rights centralisation target
Nuno Lobo, a candidate for the presidency of the Portuguese FA, has described the move to centralisation of media rights in the top division as "essential" but questioned the lofty €300m per year financial targets being set by the league.
LFP mulls last-minute Ligue 1 rights bids in crunch meeting
The board at France’s Professional Football League (LFP) met today (Friday) to evaluate last-minute rights offers in a bid to finally settle broadcast plans for the 2024-25 season, which begins in just s…
Has women’s club football lost its media rights momentum?
Experts polled by SportBusiness say there is a growing disparity between how buyers and sellers value women's football media rights, resulting in stalemates at negotiating tables and leaving the sector at significant risk of plateau.
Acunmedya signals Sport1 direction of travel with new programming
Sport1's licensing of “docutainment” programming and rollout of a sports reality format developed by co-owner Acunmedya is indicative of a major cutback in sports rights investment, according to one German market expert.
Bundesliga returns to Eleven in Poland amid Viaplay retreat
Viaplay's impending exit from Poland as part of a wider international retrenchment will result in a new Bundesliga broadcaster in the country as rights return to Eleven Sports.
Experienced Americas duo Santa Cruz, Tree leave IMG
Guillermo Santa Cruz and James Tree, two of IMG’s most senior executives in the Americas, are leaving the agency.
Stanley Cup-winning Panthers leaves Diamond RSN for over-the-air Scripps
Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers has left Diamond Sports Group and signed with Scripps Sports to broadcast the team's games for free to the local area in South Florida
Anti-siphoning bill passes but streaming ‘loophole’ still under scrutiny
The Australian government has today (Thursday) passed a bill, first introduced in November following a lengthy review, designed to bolster its listed events legislation, though it still faces criticism…
ServusTV breaks all-time record for Austrian football audience
Austria’s performances at Euro 2024 have broken audience records in the country for ServusTV, seemingly vindicating the commercial broadcaster’s decision to invest heavily in the exclusive rights back in 2021.
NOS ties down Euro 2028, Nations League rights
Dutch public broadcaster NOS, which last night netted its highest Euro 2024 audience so far, has renewed its rights to cover Euro 2028 as well as other national team matches.
Five-year DAZN deal ends doubts over LNB coverage
French basketball’s top-tier LNB Élite has ended months of uncertainty amid the financial troubles of streaming platform Skweek by signing a long-term domestic broadcast rights deal with DAZN.
TNT Sports continues post-NBA rights haul with Mountain West deal
As Warner Bros. Discovery's TNT Sports searches for more domestic deals ahead of the loss of its National Basketball Association rights, the company has announced a multi-year agreement for Mountain West Conference college football games.
TKO buys into EverPass as NFL Sunday Ticket streamed in bars
The National Football League's domestic out-of-market Sunday Ticket package will be able to be streamed in US commercial businesses for the first time, after EverPass Media, the media platform of the NFL…
Production ITT may spell shake-up for BBC bowls coverage
The BBC’s World Bowls coverage could follow the UK public broadcaster's World Snooker output and have a new host broadcast company with an invitation to tender currently live, SportBusiness understands.
Optus bolsters football dominance with FA Cup acquisition
Telco Optus has secured exclusive rights in Australia to the FA Cup from 2024-25 to 2027-28, complementing its Premier League rights in the country, which it also holds till 2028
Ligue 1 becomes latest CazéTV capture in Brazil
France’s Ligue 1 will have a new broadcaster in Brazil next season after fast-growing streamer CazéTV acquired rights in an exclusive three-year deal.
Euro 2024 audience shares exceed 60 per cent in major markets
ZDF delivered a huge audience share of 76.8 per cent for its live coverage of Germany’s clash with Denmark on Saturday evening during a weekend in which teams from four of Europe’s ‘big five’ markets were in action.
Barcelona terminates Mountain deal, drops plans to list media arm
Barcelona has terminated an agreement with Mountain & Co, a special purpose acquisition vehicle tasked with handling the Nasdaq flotation of the LaLiga club’s Barça Media business, to focus on “near-term” business opportunities.