Media Rights

Coverage of the major deals surrounding sport media rights

Premier League terminates Chinese media-rights partnerships

The Premier League has announced the termination of its £564m media-rights agreement with Chinese broadcasters with immediate effect.The Chinese TV deal was well documented...

Paris 2024 Paralympic Games names Channel 4 as TV rights holder

Channel 4 has been awarded UK television rights to the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games following an agreement with the International Paralympic Committee.Since replacing the...

Premier League seeks to air behind-closed-door games with 3pm blackout suspended

With Premier League matches still to be played behind-closed-doors, the FA has confirmed that the traditional Saturday 3pm TV blackout will not be imposed...

BT Sport makes UEFA Women’s Champions League Final free-to-air

BT Sport has announced that the UEFA Women’s Champions League Final on August 30 will be made available for free as part of the...

EFL agrees Sky Sports streaming partnership for non-televised matches

Following a deal with Sky Sports, the EFL will implement a flexible framework to ensure that fans of the Championship, League 1 and League...

Report: UK fans in favour of watching sports exclusively on streaming...

According to a report by live video production company Grabyo, 59 per cent of UK sport fans have stated they would watch sport exclusively...

Empire Play: The challenges with esports broadcasting in the Middle East

Broadcast and media rights for esports has become an ever-changing topic in recent years, with platforms such as Twitch and Youtube striking exclusive streaming...

Eleven Sports Portugal secures UEFA Women’s Champions League broadcasting rights

Eleven Sports Portugal has acquired broadcast rights to the knockout rounds of the UEFA Women’s Champions League, starting with this week’s quarter finals which...

Aser Ventures launches sports, fitness and music livestream platform LIVENow

Aser Ventures has officially launched its new D2C live streaming platform, LIVENow, featuring pay-per-view access to a range of events from the world of...

BT Sport agrees to broadcast remaining UEFA Women’s Champions League fixtures

BT Sport has bolstered its ‘summer of sport’ line-up by confirming that it will broadcast the remaining knockout stages of the 2019/20 UEFA Women's...