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 […]
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 […]
Eleven Sports Poland will broadcast live action from Ligue 1 Uber Eats to fans for the next four seasons, until 2023/24. It will be the home of the French top tier football in Poland, alongside Canal+ Polska, following a deal with beIN Media Group – the international rights-holding partner of Ligue de Football Professionnel. Eleven’s […]
Dugout has announced its newest product, Dugout Boost, which it says provides brands “with a highly targeted and cost-efficient method to digitally activate their sponsorships of the world’s leading football clubs”. Utilising multi-dimensional data and audience segments generated by the recently launched Dugout FanPro product, Boost is a new solution to amplify and guarantee media exposure […]
Dugout has announced a partnership with streaming platform Fanatiz as the global media company enters the OTT streaming market for the first time. Dugout’s inaugural live streaming partnership will complement Fanatiz’s current OTT offering and strengthen Dugout’s position in the global football market. Dugout’s live, behind-the-scenes and archive footage will now be amplified to Fanatiz’s […]
UEFA has selected Mediapro Group as the host broadcaster for the production and distribution of the host signal for the final phases of the Champions League which, after the stoppage due to the Covid-19 pandemic, will bring together for the first time in its history the quarter-final and semi-final matches, in a single-match format, and […]
Twitch, the Amazon owned streaming service, has launched a dedicated sports content channel. La Liga football team Real Madrid along with Italian Serie A leaders Juventus, French champions Paris Saint-Germain and London football giants Arsenal will all be expanding their live content on the platform. Initially, Twitch will collaborate with each club on the production of […]
On July 24th, competitive football returns to France with Paris Saint-Germain facing Saint-Etienne in the Coupe de France final. French giants PSG will be on the hunt for their thirteenth Coupe de France and their second trophy of the season, with the league already wrapped up. PSG will also feature in next week’s Coupe de […]
Global digital media company, Dugout, has announced a partnership with Trans Media-owned digital news giant, Detik, to supply football video content in Indonesia. The collaboration adds Detik to Dugout’s existing premium publisher portfolio in the region. This also includes partnerships with True in Thailand, PP Sports in China, Japan Times in Japan, Rappler in The […]