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beIN renews and expands MENA UEFA rights

UEFA and beIN Media Group have announced a new media rights agreement that will see beIN Sports, beIN’s flagship sports network, exclusively broadcast UEFA’s premium club competitions across the 24 country region of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) for the period 2021/22 to 2023/24. The 3-year major renewal includes rights to the UEFA […]

June 10, 2021

Rakuten TV launching free women’s football docuseries

Rakuten TV, the European VoD platform, has announced the stars of their new sports free documentary series Champions, which features six European leading women’s football players. With women’s football enjoying a sharp rise in popularity in recent years, the documentary series will explore the highs and lows of the sport. Leading players from a selection […]

June 10, 2021

Hong Kong: PCCW, beIN extend Champions League deal

PCCW Media and beIN Asia Pacific have extended their collaboration to offer live coverage of UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Europa Conference League and UEFA Youth League to Hong Kong audiences from 2021/22 to 2023/24 seasons. Now TV becomes the first TV platform in Hong Kong that collaborates with beIN Sports to bring […]

June 9, 2021

Research: European broadcasters $2.2bn football profit

Broadcasters’ revenues for live football matches to their domestic leagues and the UEFA Champions League will reach $10.5 billion (€8.6bn) in the 2021/22 season [the first season when fans return to stadia] in the top five European countries, according to the European Football TV Revenues report from analyst firm Digital TV Research. These broadcasters will […]

June 3, 2021

Movistar, Orange talk price for La Liga and UEFA rights

The two largest telco operators in Spain, Movistar and Orange, are negotiating the renewal of their deal to broadcast La Liga and the European football competitions on their platforms – with the latter trying to drive prices down as a result of the pandemic. Movistar, owner of the pay-TV rights until 2022, aims to amortise […]

May 28, 2021From David Del Valle in Madrid

Champions League Final anti-piracy warning

Ahead of the Champions League final on May 29th, Kieron Sharp, CEO of UK intellectual property protection body FACT, has warned of the dangers to fans who opt to view the game through illegal streaming sites online. The match has been made available for free by rightsholder BT at www.btsport.com/final, on the BT Sport YouTube […]

May 28, 2021By Colin Mann

Mediaset relaunches VoD platform

Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset has relaunched its VoD platform Mediaset Play as Mediaset Infinity. The platform will continue to provide live streaming of the Mediaset’s general entertainment and terrestrial thematic TV channels and also on-demand access to its programme library. However, there are also several enhanced features. Users can now access a library of hundreds […]

May 27, 2021From Branislav Pekic in Rome

BT Sport beta timeline feature on TVs; Netgem app launch

BT Sport is launching a beta of its new ‘timeline’ feature on its app for TV screens in time for this week’s UEFA Europa League and UEFA Champions League finals. While viewers have been able to use the timeline feature on mobiles and tablets for several seasons as part of the app’s enhanced player, this […]

May 25, 2021By Nik Roseveare

beIN to air Champions League, Europa League finals in MENA

beIN Sports will broadcast the UEFA Champions League final and the UEFA Europa League final live and exclusively to its viewers and subscribers across the 23 countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), from Morocco in the west to Oman in the east – and every country in between. The UEFA Europa League […]

May 25, 2021

2021 Champions League, Europa League finals free on BT Sport

BT Sport is making the 2021 UEFA Europa League Final and the UEFA Champions League Final available for everyone in the UK to watch whether on TV, online or on mobile and using the latest broadcast technology. Both finals will be available for free on the BT Sport website, the BT Sport YouTube channel and […]

May 21, 2021