BeIN renews Bundesliga for France and Turkey
July 21 – BeIN Sports and the Bundesliga have extended their broadcast deal in France and Turkey, with the new partnership running through until the 2024-25 season.
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beIN dragged deeper into Canal+ broadcast row over LFP’s Amazon giveaway
July 18 – The row over broadcast rights between Canal + and France’s LFP has now sucked in beIN Sports who are demanding that Canal+ fulfil the sub-licensing agreement they have for two live matches per round.
SuperSport returns to African football with money for Champions League final rights
July 15 – African football fans will have the chance to watch the continent’s Champions League final between South Africa’s Kaizer Chiefs and Egypt’s Al Ahly after SuperSport secured the rights for the showpiece match.
Canal+ reconfirms intent to switch off French league deal over Amazon row
July 14 – Has a separation between France’s LFP and its traditional anchor broadcaster Canal+ become inevitable? With Ligue 1 kicking off the first weekend of August, the broadcaster has renewed its request to terminate its contract with the league, confirming its position after Amazon won broadcast rights for the first time in June.
BeIN grabs last minute Gold Cup rights as Qatar poised for debut
July 13 – Concacaf has expanded the broadcast footprint for its Gold Cup across the Middle East and North Africa with pay-television broadcaster beIN Media Group.
UEFA joins anti-piracy complaint in Africa as SatCon network grows
July 8 – UEFA have joined a joint statement condemning the illegal broadcast of its content in Africa by satellite operator SatCon, based in Gabon in Africa.
LaLiga to return to India TV screens with MTV deal
July 7 – Entertainment broadcaster MTV will broadcast La Liga exclusively in India for the next three years.
UEFA opens up Women’s Champions League to world with game changing DAZN deal
June 30 – UEFA has taking the groundbreaking step of making the first two seasons of its revamped Women’s Champions League free-to-air via a new partnership with DAZN and YouTube.
Caribbean broadcaster CSTN boosts output with AFC 3-year output deal
June 29 – CSTN, which is re-emerging as a broadcast network in the Caribbean under TV veteran Selby Browne with a series of football deals, has picked up the rights to the Asian Football Confederation’s (AFC) competitions from 2021 to 2024.
Europeans Leagues bundles-up 9 members for joint overseas TV pitch
June 18 – The European Leagues association has stepped into the broadcast rights representation business with the bundling of nine of its members into a broadcast package for international television.
PSM picks up AFC media rights for the Maldives
June 17 – The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has continued filling in its global TV distribution map with the announcement that PSM will be their new media partner in Maldives.
Canal+ cancels TV deal in protest against Ligue1 opening domestic door to Amazon
June 14 – Tech and e-commerce giant Amazon has won the broadcast rights for Ligue 1 for €330 million per season for the next three seasons, prompting Canal+ to withdraw from its deal with Ligue 1, leaving French club football on the brink of another broadcast-triggered financial crisis.
BeIn secure UEFA club rights in near $600m 3-year deal
June 11 – BeIN Sports has scored a victory in the TV rights arena by seeing off a bid from a Saudi broadcaster to renew a three-year deal for UEFA’s prime club competitions across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).
Optus agree deal rerun of Women’s World Cup 2023 rights for Aussie
June 4 – FIFA have awarded the TV rights for the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 to Optus Sport in the host market Australia, the world federation announced on Thursday.
EFL announces record viewing for its iFollow streaming service with revenue topping £42m
June 3 – The English Football league (EFL) has reported a record level of subscribers to its iFollow streaming services that was launched in 2017.