UEFA and AMC Networks International – Central and Northern Europe (AMCNI – CNE), which operates Sport1 and Sport2, has reached an agreement for the broadcast of Slovakia’s national football matches exclusively live on Sport1 from 2022-2028. In addition, AMCNI – CNE has secured a package of European Qualifiers and UEFA Nations League matches for a […]
Football’s governing body FIFA has launched an invitation to tender (ITT) for the worldwide in-flight and in-ship media rights to its 2022-2023 competitions, including the FIFA World Cup 2022 and FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023. The tender also includes the rights to FIFA’s youth and beach football events taking place in 2022 and 2023. The […]
APO Group, the Pan-African communications consultancy and press release distribution service, has announced a multi-year strategic partnership with the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), providing the public broadcaster with sports content from the whole of Africa. SABC is South Africa’s national broadcaster. It broadcasts across 19 radio stations (AM/FM) and six television channels, and is […]
Sports, media and technology investment platform Aser Ventures and eSports organisation Ninjas in Pyjamas (NIP) are partnering up to launch Shinobi Sports — a joint venture that will offer a suite of management, studio and media services to sports clubs looking for opportunities in the eSports sphere. In late 2020, NIP partnered with Premier League […]
Media analysts from investment bank Berenberg, ahead of a major Video Gaming Conference they are hosting in November, say that the video game market has pulled back sharply in recent weeks, with the average share in their coverage down 13 per cent in the last month and c20 per cent in the year-to-date. The bank […]
Football’s governing body FIFA has declared itself “bullish and excited” about its long-term future in gaming and eSports following a comprehensive and strategic assessment of the gaming and interactive entertainment market, and will adopt a new commercial positioning in the sectors to ensure that it is best placed to make decisions that benefit all football […]
ITV will broadcast England Women’s Senior team’s tournament qualifiers and friendlies in a new four year deal. From this current season up to and including 2024/25, the Lionesses’ efforts to reach both World Cup and European Championships as well as friendly games will be broadcast live and free to air on ITV, ITV4 and ITV […]
Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) has secured the exclusive media rights to show the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 on its Viaplay streaming service in Poland. All 64 matches from the biggest tournament in international women’s football will be available to Polish fans live on Viaplay, which is the home of Europe’s best women’s football […]
NENT Group has acquired the exclusive media rights to show the 2021 and 2024 editions of the Copa América, South America’s premier international football tournament, in a wide range of its markets, along with the South American FIFA World Cup 2022 qualifiers and Brazil and Argentina’s friendly matches between 2022 and 2024. All games will […]
A legal dispute between football’s governing body FIFA and TUI Cruises that had been pending at the Copyright Dispute Chamber of Hamburg District Court since July 1st 2020 has been resolved by way of a settlement between the parties, who have submitted their settlement agreement to be ratified and published by the court. FIFA had […]