China’s Tencent adds Bundesliga streaming rights to EPL and UEFA club comps
August 17 – China’s Tencent has acquired the non-exclusive streaming rights for the Bundesliga in China in a two-season deal.
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TFF tells Fenerbahçe to stop anti-beIN Sports campaign ahead of new tender for rights
August 13 – The Turkish Football Federation (TFF) has stepped deeper into the row between Fenerbahçe and league broadcaster beIN Sports, ruling that the club that they must end their protest campaign against the broadcaster.
Bundesliga pushes fan experience boundaries with SKY PerfecTV! live app launch in Japan
August 13 – Germany’s Bundesliga has agreed with its Japanese broadcast partner SKY PerfecTV! to launch a live broadcast app – Bundesliga Live App – for the start of the season on September 7.
OneFootball grabs AFC rights package as it expands in key European markets
August 12 – Football streaming platform OneFootball has made two more acquisitions with the live streaming rights to package of AFC rights, as well as completing a new deal to broadcast Portugal’s Primeira Liga.
Court appoints mediator to sort out French TV rights chaos
August 1 – An independent mediator has been appointed to find a resolution to the TV rights dispute between Canal+ and the French league (LFP), and by association beIN Sports.
Court tells Canal+ it can’t hide behind beIN Sports sub-license to avoid paying €330m
July 30 – The chaos around French league broadcast rights move on a stage yesterday with Canal+ being told by the President of the Nanterre Commercial Court that it had frozen Canal+’s right to terminate the €330 million broadcast contract they had sub-licensed from beIN Sports for live Ligue 1 games.
French TV chaos continues as court tells beIN to sue LFP if it wants its €330m from Canal+
July 25 – The Nanterre Commercial court in France has ruled against beIN Sports in its request to make Canal+ fulfil its contract and pay €330 million in rights fees for live broadcast of Ligue 1 matches. Canal + said it was suspending its sub-licensing contract with beIN after Ligue 1 licensed rights to Amazon.
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.
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.