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SportBusiness Media 24:20
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FOOTBALL: FA’s WSL carve-out pays dividends in exclusive Sky deal
FOOTBALL: Infront questions private equity as agency’s primacy in football threatened
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Saudi adopts ‘smart’ rights strategy but rights-holders still face dilemma
Saudi Arabia’s confirmation that it will create a rights-acquisition and content platform under its Saudi Sports Company division had long been expected. What took some industry observers by surprise was the country’s apparent scaling back of its ambitions and the ostensibly softer tone used when outlining its acquisitions strategy.
SportBusiness Media 24:19
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FOOTBALL: Amazon entry cushions Champions League fee decline in Italy
SKIING: Infront draws closer to skiing monopoly as it enters exclusive Swiss Ski talks
Summer Paralympics value holds steady in UK in Channel 4 renewal
UK commercial broadcaster Channel 4 kept its outlay flat on summer Paralympics media rights in its renewal for the Paris 2024 edition, SportBusiness Media understands.
SportBusiness Media 24:18
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AMERICAN FOOTBALL: NFL rights fee falls in France in beIN renewal
FOOTBALL: Uefa makes huge national team gains in Finland amid fierce competition
SportBusiness Media 24:17
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RUGBY UNION: Amazon’s Autumn Nations Cup swoop triggers speculation over rugby intentions
FOOTBALL: Premier League sees steep discount in short-term China deal
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SportBusiness Media 24:16
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MULTI-SPORT: Covid-19 bursts China bubble amid changing political, economic winds
FOOTBALL: AFC and FMA to renegotiate global rights contract
Covid-19 bursts China bubble amid changing political, economic winds
China’s sports media-rights market is in the throes of a major correction, with the OTT platforms that have driven growth in the last five years seeking to renegotiate a string of deals.
SportBusiness Media 24:15
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FOOTBALL: Broadcaster power struggles help drive up the value of LaLiga in sub-Saharan Africa
CRICKET: Sri Lanka Cricket finally sells rights, but income depends on shifting calendar
SportBusiness Media 24:14
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MULTI-SPORT: Rights-holders face large fee cuts in Mena as Saudi-Qatar rancour grows
BASKETBALL: NBA takes haircut in Philippines in Cignal, Smart deal after long stalemate
Tough conditions ahead for rights-holders in Switzerland as Swisscom, UPC rivalry ends
Swiss market experts are predicting tough sales conditions following the cross-carriage agreement between telcos UPC and Swisscom.
Pay-television platforms put pressure on depleted Fox Sports
Fox Sports Asia is in a challenging series of carriage negotiations in its key markets, with pay-television platforms trying to use the pan-regional broadcaster’s eroded sports portfolio to drive down fees.
CNMC ruling limits Telefónica’s dominance, but rivals still call for competition review
The Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia’s (CNMC) decision to extend telco Telefónica’s content-sharing requirement until at least 2023 will limit the extent of the telco’s Spanish market dominance. But many of its rivals are still calling for a comprehensive review into the telco’s position.
Rights-holders face large fee cuts in Mena as Saudi-Qatar rancour grows
Sports rights-holders are increasingly gloomy about their prospects of maintaining rights-fee values in the Middle East and North Africa after recent developments in the rancorous three-year dispute between Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
SportBusiness Media 24:13
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FOOTBALL: Mediapro’s minimum guarantee demand may scupper Téléfoot carriage talks
GOLF: Fox eyes future renewals after parting ways with US Golf Association
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SportBusiness Media 24:12
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MOTORSPORT: F1 sees massive fee hike in Germany in shift behind Sky paywall
FOOTBALL: Tough market weighs on DFL domestic rights income
Indonesia’s Mola TV applies brake on sports-rights investments
Indonesian OTT platform Mola TV is scaling back its investment in sports content after concluding it is not delivering value for money. The move is a blow to rights-holders selling into Indonesia as the well-resourced Mola has recently been the source of considerable rights-fee inflation.
Australia Market Report, 2020
In the latest interactive monthly data report, SportBusiness Media analyses the media-rights landscape in Australia
SportBusiness Media 24:11
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BASEBALL: MLB sees sharp fee hike in Turner renewal ahead of possible postseason expansion
Australia’s top federations prioritise income security in renegotiated rights deals
Australia’s top domestic federations have accepted significant short-term rights-fee cuts in renegotiated deals with domestic broadcasters, prioritising income security in the aftermath of the Covid-19 shutdown.
SportBusiness Media 24:10
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FOOTBALL: Rivals dent Nent’s Nordic dominance in big money Uefa club deals
FOOTBALL: LaLiga begins European rights sales with revenue gains in Nordics, Balkans
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Asia-Pacific broadcasters eye Covid-19 compensation
As major sports properties return to action, the attention of broadcasters in Asia-Pacific is turning to rights-fee rebates and other forms of compensation for the Covid-19 interruption.
Fox Sports, ESPN merger offers glimpse into consolidating Brazilian market
The merger of Fox Sports and ESPN’s Brazilian arms further consolidates the country’s sports broadcast market and could make it even more difficult for international rights-holders to extract value from an already tricky territory.
SportBusiness Media 24:09
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FOOTBALL: Bundesliga starts Asian sales with Sky PerfecTV deal in Japan
AMERICAN FOOTBALL: Amazon’s NFL renewal unlikely to herald major push in next cycle
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