Football
AS Roma agrees Asia-facing betting deal with 678.com
AS Roma has agreed a sponsorship deal with betting platform 678.com that will see the brand promoted on virtual pitch-side advertising boards in the Asia region
Uefa hands Juventus one-year Conference League ban, fines Chelsea €10m
Serie A club Juventus has been banned from the 2023-24 Uefa Europa Conference League for breaches of Uefa's financial fairplay (FFP) regulations while Premier League club Chelsea has been fined €10m f…
Manchester United announces record £90m-per-year Adidas extension
Premier League club Manchester United has renewed its principal partnership with kit supplier Adidas for a further 10 years until June 2035
Italian regulator approves 30-minute blocking of illegal streams
Autorità per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni (AGCOM), the regulator and competition authority for the communications industry in Italy, has given the green light to block pirated websites within 30 minutes, …
Absence of Premier League contributes to TV2’s €4.6m loss
Norwegian broadcaster TV2 suffered a deficit of NOK51.7m (€4.6m/$5.1m) in 2022 as the English Premier League disappeared from its schedules following the loss of the rights to pay-TV broadcaster Viaplay.
UK, Ireland set to stage Euro 2028 as Turkey aligns with Italy on Euro 2032
The UK and Ireland’s bid to host the European Championship in 2028 is set to be rubber-stamped later this year after Turkey, the only other bidder, submitted a request to European governing body Uefa t…
LFP follows LaLiga, Serie A with five-year rights bid plan
France’s Professional Football League (LFP) wants to give broadcasters the option of bidding for rights across five seasons when it issues its domestic tender on September 12.
US World Cup draw with Netherlands sets ratings records with 7.94 million viewers
The United States women's national team's 1-1 draw with the Netherlands at the Fifa Women's World Cup set a group stage viewership record on English language broadcaster Fox in the US, with 6.43 million viewers and a peak of 8.45 million, while Telemundo's Spanish language broadcast attracted a non-World Cup final record 1.51 million viewers, making for a total of 7.94 million.
Ebay tightens grip on Italian football with Women’s Serie A title sponsorship
US e-commerce platform eBay continues to build its presence in Italian football after being unveiled as the new title sponsor to the Serie A Femminile
Serie A rights sales on ice as bids still fall short
Bids for domestic media rights to Serie A from 2024-25 have been improved but remain below the €1bn ($1.1bn) per season sought by the Italian league, chief executive Luigi De Siervo has revealed.
ISL issues first broadcast rights tender
Football Sports Development Limited, the operator of the Indian Super League, has launched its first invitation to tender for media rights to the country's pre-eminent football competition
OL announces record revenues thanks to CVC payouts
French Ligue 1 club Olympique Lyonnais (OL) has announced record revenues of €289.7m ($318.8m) for the 2022-23 financial year thanks to its receipt of payments from CVC Capital Partners’ investment in the French league’s commercial entity.
Belgian Pro League faces €14m Covid compensation payout to broadcasters
Belgium’s Pro League has been instructed to provide broadcast rights compensation of €14m ($15.6m) to telecoms operators Proximus, Telenet and Voo following the premature termination of the 2019-20 season as a result of Covid-19.
Nottingham Forest CCO Henly departs after seven months
Nottingham Forest’s chief commercial officer Tyson Henly has left the English Premier League club after less than seven months, SportBusiness understands.
Vietnam’s SCTV makes LaLiga rights exclusive with five-year deal
Pay-television operator SCTV has acquired exclusive rights in Vietnam to Spain’s LaLiga for five seasons, up to and including 2027-28.
Bundesliga International adds Minute Media as content partner in North America
Bundesliga International has announced Minute Media as the German football league's official content partner in North America
Fifa goes to market with CAF qualifying rights to 2026 World Cup
Fifa has launched an invitation to tender process for the centralised broadcast rights to all matches in the Confederation of African Football’s new-look qualifying competition for the 2026 World Cup.
Stats Perform adds SFL to data partnership portfolio
Sports data and technology firm Stats Perform has won the contract to become the 'Official Data Provider' of the Swiss Football League in a three-year deal