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Eleven Sports Belgium scores 3 new football partnerships

Eleven Sports Belgium has agreed a trio of new partnerships for its Home of Belgian football offering. Eleven Sports has secured a content partnership with Flemish public service broadcaster VRT for the Belgian Pro League. The deal will see VRT continue to broadcast its Monday evening Pro League magazine show – Extra Time – in […]

August 10, 2020

National League play-offs to be live streamed

The National League has confirmed a streaming service will be in place to broadcast all play-off matches from the Vanarama National League North and South. In partnership with BT Sport and Sportradar, each of the ten season-defining games will be shown exclusively live on a brand new platform, available to an audience across the world. […]

July 14, 2020

StreamAMG & Birmingham FC extend contract

StreamAMG have agreed a new long-term contract extension with EFL Championship football side Birmingham City. The deal sees the two parties continue a relationship which has been in place since 2017. The Blues restarted their 2019-20 season with a draw at West Brom last weekend, with the game being broadcast to season ticket holders via […]

June 30, 2020

Spain: MiTele pulls out of football rights war

Movistar and Orange will be the only operators in Spain to offer La Liga, UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League, with Mediaset’s streaming platform MiTele Plus withdrawing from the bidding process for lack of profitability. MiTele had strongly bet on football to win subscribers but with all the competitions cancelled as a result of […]

June 25, 2020From David Del Valle in Madrid

Saudi to bid for Bundesliga rights?

Saudi Arabia may be entering the bidding for Germany’s Bundesliga rights in the Middle East, in the latest move to make new investments in international sport and confound rival Gulf state backed media. Germany’s top division is currently in exclusive talks with beIN Sports to renew the Qatar-based network’s $250 million five-year deal, which runs […]

June 24, 2020

Reduced Bundesliga deal points to new reality

Germany’s Bundesliga has accepted a lower price from broadcasters than its previous €4.6 billion deal, in a clear sign the market has weakened because of the coronavirus pandemic. Sky Deutschland and DAZN have split the domestic rights to show live matches from Germany’s top flight football league in the new deal. From 2021 to 2025, […]

June 22, 2020

Saudis in pirate website crackdown

In a move that may benefit the potential takeover of English Premier League football club Newcastle United by Saudi interests, the kingdom’s IP body, the Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property (SAIP), has announced its intention to block 231 websites that it says violate regulations and rights. The announcement follows a damning report from the World […]

June 22, 2020By Colin Mann

4m watch first live Premier League on BBC

The first ever live Premier League match to air on terrestrial television attracted a peak audience of nearly 4 million on June 20th. The game between Bournemouth and Crystal Palace on BBC One pulled in 3.9 million viewers, making up almost a quarter of the UK’s TV audience. In addition to its live TV audience, […]

June 22, 2020

Dugout moves to live-streamed football content

Dugout has announced the launch of a live-stream broadcast offering that will deliver behind-the-scenes and eSports content to Dugout’s 90+ global publishers and their 350 million football fans. Featuring pre and post-match interviews, live action from the training ground and off-field activities, live-streams from Dugout’s partner clubs, federations and leagues, will serve to complement the […]

June 19, 2020

Analyst: broadcast deals remain key for sports OTT players

For about five years, the sports media landscape has been partially disrupted by new OTT sports-specialised players, such as DAZN and Eleven Sports Network, in terms of price (significantly lower than usual TV packages), accessibility (platform-agnostic) and consumer experience (thanks to shared-viewing tools, or sports betting data integration). But, if they can start as OTT-only […]

June 17, 2020