Sports rights
Illegal streaming gang jailed for selling cut-price Premier League subscriptions
Five men who made over £7m streaming football matches to tens of thousands of customers jailed for total of more than 30 years
Geneva Abdul
30, May, 2023 @6:04 PM
BBC to keep Olympics rights until at least 2032
Deal with EBU and Warner Bros Discovery retains same coverage as existing agreement
Mark Sweney
16, Jan, 2023 @1:47 PM
YouTube’s NFL deal turns up the heat in battle for sports rights
Latest incursion by tech giant into territory dominated by broadcasters and pay-TV firms is good news for rights holders
Mark Sweney
23, Dec, 2022 @3:24 PM
CMA investigates sport broadcasters over ‘cartel-like behaviour’
Watchdog says it suspects possible breaches of competition law around purchase of freelance services
Joanna Partridge
13, Jul, 2022 @10:43 AM
Amazon and BBC break BT stranglehold on Champions League football
Amazon has broken BT’s stranglehold on live Champions League football in the UK, and highlights are set to air on the BBC for the first time in a new deal starting in 2024
Mark Sweney
01, Jul, 2022 @11:55 AM
Manchester City v Liverpool short on global pull but Premier League still wins
The biggest game of the English season will draw a lower audience than el clásico but the top flight attracts the best numbers across the campaign
Paul MacInnes
09, Apr, 2022 @12:00 PM
China pulls Premier League TV coverage over shows of solidarity with Ukraine
Premier League matches will be blocked by Chinese broadcasters this weekend because of planned displays of solidarity with Ukraine
Paul MacInnes
04, Mar, 2022 @2:41 PM
BT enters exclusive talks with Discovery on BT Sports
Potential joint venture with US pay-TV firm and Eurosport owner is a blow to Dazn, the ‘Netflix of sports’
Mark Sweney
03, Feb, 2022 @8:06 AM
BT enters final stage of talks to offload Premier League rights
Dazn is the favourite to buy BT’s sports TV business, but Discovery remains in the running
Mark Sweney
02, Feb, 2022 @3:32 PM
Dangerous game? Football clubs look to mine fans’ cash with crypto offerings
Digital tokens seen as new wealth stream as TV rights and sponsorship level off but not everyone is happy at the new signings
Rob Davies
22, Jan, 2022 @7:00 AM
Real Madrid and Barcelona plan legal action against La Liga’s €2bn CVC deal
La Liga has won the latest battle after 37 of its 42 clubs approved a €2bn partnership with CVC Capital Partners but the war at the heart of Spanish football has deepened
Sid Lowe in Madrid
10, Dec, 2021 @5:51 PM
Can the BBC stay with the pace in the fight for Olympic viewing rights?
Tokyo was the Games at which the corporation’s tradition of wall-to-wall coverage ended, and that trend is set to continue
Mark Sweney
07, Aug, 2021 @3:00 PM
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