Analyst: Challenges ahead for sports rights owners
Already hard hit by Covid-19, cord-cutting and underlying pressures on TV advertising, sports’ tough time isn’t over yet, according to analysis by Ampere Analysis:
February 15, 2021
Mediapro
France: beIN Sports takes Ligue 2 rights
beIN Sports France has agreed a deal with Canal+ for the domestic rights to Ligue 2 football in France until the end of the current season. beIN Sports already held a package of rights to Ligue 2 but now becomes the exclusive broadcaster of all Ligue 2 action in the country. The amount paid has […]
February 12, 2021
Mediapro out of Serie A bidding
Italy’s Serie A has turned down Spanish group Mediapro’s bid for the football TV rights to the Italian League for the 2021-2024 period. With Eurosport also excluded, Sky and DAZN are the main remaining bidders. Sky has offered €750 million for the whole rights, whereas DAZN has submitted the highest bid for around €840 million […]
February 11, 2021From David Del Valle in Madrid
Failure for French football re-tender
LFP has admitted failure in the re-tender process for French football league 1 and 2 rights. The bidding was opened following the cancellation of Mediapro’s deal in December 2020 but was doomed when Canal+ boycotted the process. Bids from rivals Amazon, DAZN and Eurosport failed to reach the reserve price. The LFP now is giving […]
February 2, 2021From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris
Sky, Mediapro, DAZN, Discovery compete for Serie A
Sky Italia, Mediapro, DAZN and Discovery (Eurosport) submitted bids during the first round of the auction to award the 2021/2024 Italian TV rights for the Serie A, according to local reports. Since the minimum price of €1.15 billion was not reached, private negotiations will now start with the broadcasters. The highest bid was submitted by […]
January 29, 2021From Branislav Pekic in Rome
Mediapro signs content deals in Colombia, Brazil
Spain’s TV group Mediapro has reached content agreements with Colombia’s Caracol TV and Brazilian TV channel Walter Abrahao. Through its subsidiary, The Mediapro Studio, the company has agreed with Caracol TV on the production of premium TV content to be distributed internationally. The first project will be the TV series Las Cheers. In Brazil, Mediapro […]
January 28, 2021From David Del Valle in Madrid
Canal+ tries to block football re-tender
Canal+ is taking legal action to protest against the decision by the French football league LFP to initiate a partial re-tender over the 2020-2024 football TV rights. Canal+ says this new auction, due to end on February 1st, is an anti-competitive move. Following the cancellation of Mediapro’s deal in December 2020, LFP’s tender process is […]
January 26, 2021From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris
France: Ligue 1 rights partial re-tender
French professional football league LFP has partially agreed to Canal+’s request that there be a fresh bidding round for 2020-2024 rights and has initiated a tender process covering 80 per cent of Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 matches, following the cancellation of Mediapro’s deal in December 2020. This excludes the batch acquired by beIN Sports […]
January 20, 2021From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris
Canal+ calls for Ligue 1 rights re-bid
Maxime Saada, Canal+ Chairman and CEO of Canal+ Group, has told daily Le Figaro that the company wants to return the €330 million TV rights sub-licensed from beIN Sports. He also wants a re-tender for the 2020-2024 campaigns. Following the cancellation of Mediapro’s deal with French professional football league LFP, clubs anticipate Canal+ once again […]
January 14, 2021From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris
Mediapro France strike, La Ligue at risk
TV Production staff at Mediapro France will go on strike from December 17th, putting at risk the transmission of La Ligue football matches in the coming weeks. The works council at the company for the production division decided to go on strike to protest against the refusal of Jaume Roures, president, to clarify the group’s […]
December 16, 2020From David Del Valle in Madrid