Sport1 has acquired an extensive rights package for the 2023/2024 to 2026/2027 seasons for exploitation in Germany when the media rights to the FLYERALARM Women’s Bundesliga were awarded by the German Soccer Association (Deutscher Fussball-Bund, DFB). At the core of the package are 22 live matches per season, which SPORT1 will present in primetime on […]
beIN Sports, the flagship channel of the beIN Media Group, has renewed the rights to broadcast the Bundesliga in all 24 countries across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) in a three-year deal. The German top-flight returns to the beIN Sports channels this weekend with FC Bayern München travelling to FC Union Berlin on […]
The English Premier League (EPL) is by far the most lucrative league globally. According to a Safebettingsites data presentation, the EPL generated €3.5 billion in broadcasting revenue in the 2021/22 season. This is more than Germany’s Bundesliga (€1.46 billion) and Spain’s La Liga (€2.04 billion) combined. Safebettingsite’s Edith Reads commented: “The English Premier League is […]
The European football market as a whole saw revenues grow by 10 per cent to €27.6 billion in 2020/21 (€25.2bn in 2019/20) despite an almost complete absence of fans from stadia during the season, according to the 31st Annual Review of Football Finance from Deloitte’s Sports Business Group. The strong recovery in revenue terms of […]
Supponor, the virtual advertising technology provider, SPORTFIVE, the global sports business agency, and Bundesliga team Borussia Dortmund, have confirmed the first commercial deployment of Supponor AIR in the German territory. This key milestone took place over the weekend, during the Borussia Dortmund vs RB Leipzig match. Supponor AIR is now available also for the German […]
DAZN Group, the sports entertainment company, has announced that Alice Mascia has been appointed to lead its operations in DACH. She will take up the role on May 1st. Mascia’s appointment follows the acquisition of Bundesliga and UEFA Champions League rights in the DACH region, along with other major football rights like Italy’s Serie A […]
Funatix Club announced that its Real Manager platform will become the official Fantasy Football partner of the Hero I-League in India. The partnership follows two recent regional deals with the Thai Football Association for the Thai League 1 and with the Football Association of Singapore for the Singapore Premier League. These three Asian leagues join […]
Sportec Solutions, the sports technology joint venture between Deltatre and DFL, has assumed the majority shareholding of Vieww GMBH a leading provider of Goal-Line Technology (GLT) and Video Assistant Referee (VAR) solutions. DFB Schiri, has also appointed Sportec Solutions as the new officiating technology partner for the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2. STS will utilise Vieww […]
DAZN, the sports streaming service, has agreed new financing arrangements with Access Industries, the holding company owned by billionaire investor Sir Len Blavatnik. As part of a recapitalisation, Access Industries subscribed for $4.3 billion (€3.79bn) of new shares in the Group’s topco, DAZN Group Limited, converting existing preference shares and retiring shareholder loans. This left […]
Pixellot, a provider of AI-Automated sports video and analytics solutions, has partnered with Morawa Digital, the Media subsidiary of Austria’s venerable Morawa publishing empire to bring quality sports content of the many teams and leagues that have not had coverage up until now. During the 2022 season, Morawa Digital will begin installing Pixellot systems with […]