FIFA is opening two invitations to tender (ITT) simultaneously for the media rights to the 2022 FIFA World Cup and the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, FIFA’s flagship competitions, in Sub-Saharan Africa . The tender processes are due to launch tomorrow, Tuesday, January 26. The first ITT is for the …
Read More »February’s UK broadcast selections announced by Premier League!
The latest fixture amendments for live broadcast in the United Kingdom have been announced, covering the last weekend of January, all of February’s fixtures and Monday, March 1. This includes the normal broadcast selections for Sky Sports and BT Sport. All of the fixtures in that time will be shown …
Read More »AFC announces media rights deal with D-Smart in Turkey!
The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has today announced that D-Smart will be their new media partner in Turkey broadcasting the AFC competitions in the period from 2021 to 2024. The deal includes all major AFC national team and club competitions, including but not limited to the AFC Asian Qualifiers – …
Read More »CAF & StarTimes announce an agreement to broadcast 2020 CHAN – Cameroon in Sub-Saharan Africa!
The Confederation Africaine de Football (CAF) and the digital television operator StarTimes have announce the signing of an agreement by which the media group obtains the broadcasting rights for the Total African Nations Championship, Cameroon 2020 (Total CHAN Cameroon 2020), scheduled from January 16 to February 7, 2021 in Cameroon. …
Read More »Tender processes launched in Italy for media rights to 2022 FIFA World Cup & 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup!
FIFA has opened two invitations to tender (ITT) simultaneously for the media rights to the 2022 FIFA World Cup and the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, FIFA’s flagship men’s and women’s competitions, in Italy. The first ITT is for the media rights to the 2022 FIFA World Cup. The second …
Read More »2026 FIFA World Cup media rights awarded in the Nordic territories!
FIFA has awarded the exclusive rights to the 2026 FIFA World Cup to broadcasters in each of the Nordic territories: DR and TV2 in Denmark, YLE and MTV in Finland, TV2 and NRK in Norway, and SVT and TV4 in Sweden. The deals complete FIFA’s current sales cycle in the …
Read More »Premier League extends beIN SPORTS partnership for MENA until 2025!
The Premier League and beIN MEDIA GROUP have today announced a major new rights deal that will see beIN SPORTS as the Premier League’s official broadcast partner in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) until 2025. The deal is for the 2022-2025 rights cycle and means beIN SPORTS can …
Read More »Bundesliga International agrees pan-regional broadcast collaboration with United Media!
Bundesliga International, a subsidiary of DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga, has agreed on three new deals with United Media to show Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 action in the Balkans, Bulgaria, Greece and Cyprus for the next four years. The partnership starts from August 2021, and will run until the conclusion of …
Read More »Leipzig to host UEFA EURO 2024 international broadcast centre!
UEFA has selected the Leipziger Messe as the location for the UEFA EURO 2024 international broadcast centre (IBC). European football’s governing body announced its decision in the last few days. As the main work hub for all EURO 2024 media partners during the tournament, the IBC will serve as the …
Read More »ISL-7 opening week sees 16% viewership increase on Star Network!
The organisers FSDL and broadcaster Star India of the Indian Super League will be happy to note that there has been an increase of 16% in television viewership on the Star India network as per data from television ratings agency Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India. The growth is based …
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