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Eleven Sports’ ‘3pm blackout’ challenge could see rule scrapped
Eleven Sports’ decision to break one of the golden rules of UK sports broadcasting – the ‘3pm blackout’ – has created a legal quandary that could result in it being scrapped altogether.
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Andrea Radrizzani, owner, Eleven Sports
Interview with Andrea Radrizzani, owner of Eleven Sports, on the reasons behind the broadcaster's decision to break the UK's '3pm' blackout rule
SPFL strikes stop-gap international rights deal with Infront
The Scottish Professional Football League’s international rights deal with Infront is to act as a stop-gap ahead of a global media rights tender set to be issued next month.
BBC Alba pays increase for set of live and delayed SPFL rights
The Scottish Professional Football League earned an increase of about 18 per cent in a renewed deal with BBC Alba at the end of June
Watching Brief (Vol.99) Special Focus: Rugby Union – Six Nations Championship
Live television audiences for rugby union’s Six Nations championship in 2015 were up year-on year in the tournament’s largest market, the UK, where public-service broadcaster the BBC recorded an average of …
Pitch shores up under-pressure rights portfolio
The Pitch International agency agreed international rights deals for the Irish, Scottish and Welsh rugby unions earlier this month. The deals will help the agency shore up an international rugby rights portfolio which has come under pressure this year.
CBC deal keeps Glasgow on track to hit revenue target
Glasgow Commonwealth Games on track to hit commercial revenue targets
Clubs the real winners in BT-Sky deal
Clubs are real winners from BT-Sky sharing deal for European rugby
SPL opts for MP & Silva premium in nine-year deal
SPL drops Sportfive for MP & Silva premium in nine-year deal for international rights