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Paramount scores Conmebol football rights

Paramount has secured the broadcast rights from Conmebol to broadcast and stream the Conmebol Libertadores in Latin America and Brazil, as well as the Conmebol Sudamericana in Brazil. Building off the momentum of previous deals for Paramount+ to exclusively stream the Premier League in Mexico and Central America and La Roja in Chile, this deal […]

May 17, 2022

IMG, Premier League extend production deal

The Premier League has extended its deal with the IMG agency, through which the two parties will continue to operate Premier League Productions (PLP). The new three-year deal covers the 2022-23 to 2024-25 period. PLP produces and distributes the Premier League’s international content, including the broadcasting of all 380 matches per season from the tournamnt. […]

May 12, 2022

Forecast: EPL international rights fees to overtake domestic

Manchester City became the highest earning football club for the 2020/2021 season, according to Deloitte’s Football Money League study. The English club generated €644.9 million of revenue, thus ranking higher than Spain’s Real Madrid and Germany’ Bayern Munich. Manchester City also overtook Spain’s Barcelona, who topped last season’s edition, and now places fourth. The 2020/2021 […]

May 11, 2022

BBC retains live Premier League audio rights

BBC Radio 5 Live has retained its live audio commentary rights for the next three Premier League seasons (2022/23 to 2024/25). 5 Live has secured four of the seven rights packages available for the three seasons ahead. These packages provide 5 Live with live audio commentary rights to all Premier League matches at the following […]

May 10, 2022

Forecast: APAC sports rights costs to grow 5.6% in 2022

The market for sports rights and sports media revenues across Asia Pacific recovered in 2021 after the damaging impact of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 and is expected to grow at a sustainable rate over 2021-26, according to a report from Media Partners Asia (MPA). The main driver will be consumer and advertiser demand for […]

May 9, 2022

Bank: “VIaplay maintains momentum”

A report from investment bank Berenberg on NENT Group and its Viaplay service maintains its ‘BUY’ advice to investors. The bank, however, says there were slight shortfalls from NENT’s Advertising and Other Subscription segments in its last set of results, which meant that group net sales of SEK2.34 billion (€0.23bn) fell 2.3 per cent short […]

April 28, 2022

Friend MTS scores UEFA anti-piracy deal

Content protection services provider Friend MTS has recently been appointed by European football governing body UEFA to provide anti-piracy services in respect of all major UEFA competitions (across both Club and National Team). Friend MTS will provide UEFA with an array of services, including monitoring and enforcement, to combat piracy in all of its forms […]

April 7, 2022By Colin Mann

AFC extends rights deal with beIN

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and beIN Media Group have agreed to extend the portfolio of rights to be broadcast by its flagship channel, beIN Sports, for the 2022 season to now include rights to the AFC Champions League and AFC Cup. The agreement grants beIN Sports rights in certain MENA territories, excluding KSA, UAE, […]

April 5, 2022

Aser Ventures appoints Francini as Vice Chairman

The sports, media and technology investment platform Aser Ventures has appointed the former WME | IMG (now Endeavor) Co-President Ioris Francini as Vice Chairman. A respected media executive, Francini brings deep strategic expertise and a unique set of relationships with rights owners and brands to Aser. He will play a key role in strengthening the […]

April 5, 2022

Sky picks up 2 awards at RTS Programme Awards

The 2022 Royal Television Society Programme Award winners were announced on March 29th at a ceremony hosted by Tom Allen at Grosvenor House London, with Sky’s awards including: Comedy Performance – Male, Samson Kayo for Bloods. Described by judges as a performer “with real heart, warmth and originality”, the BAFTA-nominated co-creator of the show Samson […]

March 30, 2022