LaLiga renews Ziggo but hits the wall in China, RFEF issues Super Copa tender
June 23 – The trend to longer term broadcast deals and away from three-year licensing agreements has been re-emphsised in Spain.
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Apple takes a 10-year leap into live MLS broadcast rights with $2.5bn deal
June 15 – Apple has taken its first step into live football broadcasting agreeing a deal that will see the Apple TV app become the exclusive platform for every MLS match.
FIFA+ adds four new languages to global streaming service
June 8 – FIFA has expanded its FIFA+ streaming platform with the addition of Japanese, Korean, Italian and Bahasa languages.
Bundesliga adds another four years to its SKY Mexico broadcast deal
May 19 – Following on from the announcement of an MoU with Mexico’s Liga MX, Germany’s Bundesliga has reinforced its position in Mexico and Central America with a four-year extension to its TV deal with subscription broadcaster SKY Mexico.
Fox agrees full package of Canadian broadcast rights for US market
May 16 – US sports broadcaster Fox has secured another two seasons of neighbouring Canada’s men’s and women’s football.
Women’s World Cup and Euros to be added to UK’s protected events list
April 29 – The UK government has added the FIFA Women’s World Cup and the UEFA European Women’s Championship to its ‘listed’ events, ensuring the tournaments will remain available for free-to-air television broadcasters.
ELEVEN steps up as major content and technical provider for new FIFA+ platform
April 14 – More detail of the new streamed FIFA+ OTT broadcast channel has been released with the ELEVEN media group announced it is supporting the service with bth production and rights.
beIN rebuilds its AFC relationship adding Champiosn League and AFC Cup rights
April 5 – beIN Media Group is rebuilding its broadcast relationship with the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) piece-by-piece with an agreement to extend it rights to cover the 2022 AFC Champions League and AFC Cup.
beIN Sports dedicates four new channels for final rounds of AFC World Cup qualifying
March 21 – beIN SPORTS will launch four new dedicated channels for the 12 remaining matches of the the AFC World Cup 2022 qualifiers that will be played over two match days.
Premier League’s Star rises in India with all-match deal
March 16 – Star India and the Premier League have extended their broadcast agreement with all 380 fixtures each season to be aired across the Star Sports network as well as on Disney’s OTT platform Disney+ Hostar.
AFC expands into Pacific Islands with Free TV Australian deal for 2022
March 10 – The AFC has added to their global broadcast footprint with a media rights deal with Free TV Australia for the Pacific Islands.
Premier League switches off Russian broadcasts over Putin’s ‘barbaric, senseless invasion’
March 9 – The Premier League has suspended its TV deal with Russia with immediate effect, cutting off the feed as punishment for the country’s invasion of Ukraine.
Turkish SuperLig TV deal goes to the lower bidder…
March 8 – The Turkish Football Federation (TFF) has turned down the highest broadcast bid for the domestic TV rights to the SuperLig, instead preferring to go with an offer that is $50 million below the $150 million beIN/Digiturk had put on the table.
Turkish TV deal teeters on the brink as beIN Sport/Digturk hold off from signing
March 4 – The Turkish domestic TV rights deal took another twist today, as the deadline for beIN Sport/Digiturk to accept the broadcast packages looked set to pass without signature. beIN Sport/Digiturk is the highest bidder for all of the packages on offer.
TFF plays Russian roulette with SuperLig TV rights as Digiturk questions their value
March 2 – The Turkish Football Federation are playing the ultimate game of brinkmanship over their domestic rights deal that could conceivably plummet from a high of $500 million from the last rights cycle, to just $100 million for the next.