Football
Benfica claims Portuguese first with VOD platform
Portuguese Primeira Liga football club Benfica has launched its new Benfica Play video-on-demand service through a link-up with OTT platform developer Insys Video Technologies
Aldi joins group of sponsors quitting FFA portfolio
Football Federation Australia (FFA) has lost another of its sponsors with supermarket chain Aldi opting not to renew its contract upon its expiry at the end of 2019
Preston North End signs local firm as first-ever sleeve sponsor
English Championship football club Preston North End has agreed a deal for Clearview Home Improvements to become its first-ever sleeve sponsor
Chelsea’s commercial revenue growth buoyed by status among Europe’s elite
Premier League football club Chelsea reported a commercial revenue increase of 8.5 per cent for the 2018-19 season – compensating for falls in broadcast and matchday income over the period.
Premier League issues broadcaster-focused ITT in Nordics from 2022-23 onwards
The English Premier League is inviting bids in the Nordic region for broadcast rights from the 2022-23 season onwards
North Korea withdraws from women’s Olympic football qualifying tournament in South Korea
North Korea has pulled out of the final-round women's football qualifying tournament for the 2020 Olympics, due to take place in South Korea next month
Atlanta United unveils six full-capacity games at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in 2020
Major League Soccer team Atlanta United has revealed it will open the upper level at Mercedes-Benz Stadium for at least six games in the 2020 season
Rambler ‘targets Match TV clips in latest Premier League rights case’
Russian sports broadcaster Match TV, owned by Gazprom Media, is reported to have become the subject of a lawsuit in Rambler Media Group’s crackdown on what it claims is illicit broadcasts of the English P…
StarTimes picks up FA Cup rights in sub-Saharan Africa
Pay-television operator StarTimes has acquired rights across sub-Saharan Africa to the FA Cup, England’s leading knockout club football tournament.
Trio of Mexican broadcasters land Chivas rights for 2020 Clausura
Mexican Liga MX football team Club Deportivo Guadalajara (Chivas) has agreed rights deals with commercial broadcasters TV Azteca, Televisa and Multimedios for its 2020 Clausura campaign, but has reportedly…
Altice’s BFM TV suffers blow in Champions League final court ruling
The Conseil d'État, the highest administrative court in France, has ruled that free-to-air news channel BFM TV, which is owned by telco Altice, was not authorised to broadcast last season’s Uefa Champions Le…
Chinese Super League caps foreign player salaries at $3.3m
The Chinese Super League is introducing a range of financial sustainability measures, including a cap on salaries for foreign players of $3.3m (€3m).
Host cities announced for AFC Asian Cup China 2023
The Chinese Football Association has named the 10 host cities for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup as: Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Chongqing, Chengdu, Xi'an, Dalian, Qingdao, Xiamen and Suzhou
Teleclub secures exclusive Uefa club rights in Switzerland
Swiss pay-TV broadcaster Teleclub has been awarded exclusive rights to Uefa club competitions from 2021-22 to 2023-24 in a deal announced today (Friday)
Infantino: Nine offers for commercial rights to new-look Club World Cup
Fifa president Gianni Infantino has said world football’s governing body has received nine offers in response to a tender launched for the commercial rights to the revamped Club World Cup tournament.
Mediapro scoops up remaining Ligue 1 rights packages
Mediapro, the production group and media-rights agency, has picked up the two remaining rights packages to France’s Ligue 1 from 2020-21 to 2023-24.
Eleven Sports acquires Spanish Supercopa rights in Portugal and Poland
International subscription sports broadcaster Eleven Sports has acquired the exclusive Portuguese rights to the Spanish Supercopa
Argentinian Football Association debuts OTT platform
The Argentinian Football Association has launched a new over-the-top streaming platform providing archive footage and a variety of other national team content