Business
Mediapro places itself under court protection from creditors
Company wants to renegotiate the price of the broadcast rights to France's top football league.
Sports Rights
Business
Broadcasters rule out allowing Premier League clubs to sell PPV matches
Clubs want to stream matches that aren't available on pay-TV channels as a way to recoup some of their lost revenues
Business
Is Amazon preparing to bid on Italy’s Champions League rights?
Company reportedly "determined to win part" of the rights package.
Business
Amazon confirms rugby international rights deal
First time Amazon has won rights to broadcast rugby union
Business
Is Amazon trying to score rugby international rights?
Streamer reportedly considering bidding for the Eight Nations tournament
Business
Sports rights holders should ‘adopt a hybrid media model’ in the wake of coronavirus
New report projects revenue generated by sports media rights in 2020 will fall by a third compared to 2019
Media Delivery
‘The distribution model of live sports must change’: Eleven Sports founder on the future of broadcasting
"You should be able to get access to a football game as easily as buying an ice cream," said Andrea Radrizzani
Business
Sky Sports agrees to wait for £170 million owed by Premier League clubs
Broadcaster has reportedly agreed to wait to claim money owed until 2020-21 season
Media Delivery
Eleven Sports CEO: It’s time to modernise the sports rights model
Luis Vicente said current model should be "repositioned and modernised"
Business
DAZN defers rights payments while sports are postponed
Company's board is "officially placing it in survive mode"
Business
Germany’s Bundesliga media rights tender postponed
All Bundesliga matches currently suspended until the end of April
Production & Post
Germany’s Bundesliga looks to produce 170+ matches in 4K UHD
Part of forthcoming rights deals
TVBEverywhere
Facebook scores two live FA Cup matches
Reading v Sheffield United, Leicester v Birmingham to stream on Facebook Watch
Business
Could this be the last Six Nations on free-to-air TV?
Sky is reportedly planning to outbid current holders BBC and ITV
Production & Post
French Tennis Foundation takes Roland Garros production in-house
HBS France Production appointed host broadcaster from 2021
Business
Pay-TV operators could score a Six Nations match
Possible new investor wants to sell one match per round to pay-TV operators
TVBEverywhere
Amazon or Discovery ‘could bid for Premier League Nordic rights’
Bidding process for 2022/23 season currently underway
TVBEverywhere
Eurosport to be France’s official pay-TV 2020 Olympic Games broadcaster
Partnership agreed with Canal+ Group and France Télévisions
Media Consumption
Labour wants to add the Cricket World Cup to the ‘crown jewels’
Part of the party's election manifesto
Business
French government moves to help France Télévisions compete for sports rights
Broadcaster currently not allowed to show advertising during live sports airing after 8pm
Business
BT Sport appoints new sports rights MD
New role will spearhead BT’s renewed efforts to grow viewers and revenues for BT Sport
Media Consumption
ITV to show three live La Liga matches
Negotiations between La Liga and ITV are ongoing
Business
Serie A sets deadline for Mediapro deal
€1.3 billion deal to be reviewed by the league’s 20 clubs
Podcasts and Videos
Summer of Sport podcast: Eurovision Sport
TVBEurope launches Summer of Sport podcast, in association with Lawo
TVBEverywhere
Premier Sports secures Arsenal’s pre-season matches
Available on Sky and Virgin as well as OTT platform Premier Player
Business
Discovery appoints Andrew Georgiou to oversee sport
Named president of Eurosport and Global Sports Rights and Sports Marketing Solutions
TVBEverywhere
Netflix’s Sarandos insists no plans to introduce advertising, or sport
Both are "not core to the proposition" of the streamer
Features
This month in sport broadcasting…
Featuring news from UEFA, Wimbledon and the Women's World Cup
Videos
Business
DAZN lands Africa Cup of Nations, CONCACAF Gold Cup rights
Exclusive broadcast deal covers Germany, Austria and Brazil
Business
EFL to review TV negotiation process
Report commissioned following EFL's controversial Sky deal
Content
Amazon Prime Video confirms WTA deal
Amazon will stream a minimum of 49 WTA tournaments a year from 2020
Business
Amazon Prime Video ‘wins women’s tennis rights’
Reports suggest Amazon in Germany bid for Wimbledon rights but was rejected
Business
Eleven Sports wins Copa del Rey final rights
Secured rights for Belgium, Luxembourg, Portugal, Poland and Taiwan
Business
W Series seeks global broadcast deals
The women's motorsport series has appointed Pitch International to sell rights
Business
France Télévisions sub-licenses Olympic rights from Discovery
Follows Discovery’s long-term partnership with IOC
Business
TF1 to exclusively broadcast Rugby World Cup in France
Reportedly invested €45-50 million for Rugby World Cup and FIFA Women's World Cup rights
TVBEverywhere
Amazon Prime Video aims to ace tennis coverage in 2019
Streamer hasn't said whether it has addressed the latency issues seen during its coverage of the 2018 US Open
