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World Cup TV figures break records with 1.12bn tuning in for final

December 21 – A record audience of more than 3.5 billion people watched this year’s World Cup in Russia, with the final between France and Croatia attracting 1.12 billion viewers, according to FIFA.

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Saudis lose first round of beoutQ battle at WTO after EU and China speak against

By Paul Nicholson

December 19 –  The European Union, China and Canada all spoke out in support of Qatar’s case against Saudi Arabia at a World Trade Organisation (WTO) meeting today discussing the beoutQ piracy of broadcast programming. All three backed the contention that Qatar had the right to pursue protection of the intellectual copyright through the organisation.

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Level US playing field? Comcast flexes its muscle and keeps beIN off its network

December 17 – beIN SPORTS, battling industrial scale piracy of their sports rights in the Middle East by Saudi Arabian broadcaster beoutQ, are now being forced to fight for fair treatment for their channel distribution in the US.

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With beoutQ piracy rampant, beIN Sport protests Serie A’s Super Cup ‘reward’ for Saudis

By Paul Nicholson

December 12 – Qatar-based pan-regional broadcaster beIN Sport has written to Serie A to ask the Italian league to reconsider the recently announced three-year deal for the staging of the Italian Super Cup final in Saudi Arabia.

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Atlanta’s MLS Cup win over Portland breaks Fox streaming records

December 12 – Atlanta United’s 2-0 win over Portland Timbers at the weekend is the most watched MLS Cup since 1997.

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Online bookies agree ‘whistle-to-whistle’ TV ad ban in UK

betting ads on tv

December 6 – British gambling companies have struck a ground-breaking deal which will see the end of their tv adverts during live matches.

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Sky defend £595m for EFL as a good deal, but clubs angry at losing OTT control

November 26 – The English Football League’s Championship clubs, still furious at the £595 million TV rights deal signed by the league with Sky Sports, were sent a message from Sky’s managing director Barney Francis that the money is a fair offer and the only one that was on the table.

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Spanish FA strikes deal with Footters to stream Segunda B and Tercera División

November 26 – The Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) has signed a three-year agreement with streaming platform Footters to broadcast matches from the Segunda B and Tercera División.

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Mediapro boss Roures adamant that LFP rights will stay with planned €25pcm football channel

LFP France

November 21 – Spanish rights agency Mediapro is undergoing something of a resurgence after coming under scrutiny for its links to the South American firms that were behind much of the corruption in the football rights market that saw more than 40 individuals indicted in the US.

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EFL agrees £595m Sky deal but Championship clubs aren’t happy

November 20 – The deadline set by the English Football League (EFL) for its dissident Championship clubs to come up with an alternative TV deal beating the £595 million offer from Sky Sports passed yesterday.

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SPFL confirms biggest ever TV deals with Sky, Premier and BBC

November 20 – The Scottish Professional Football League has officially confirmed a series of broadcast deals following an auction process which sees Sky Sports become the lead broadcaster of the SPL from 2020 and Premier Sports the Betfred Cup.

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Premier Sports grabs Scottish Cup for £20m as Sky set to close £100m SPFL deal

Scottish fans

November 15 – Scottish football has secured a second key TV rights deal following on from news last week that the SPFL was closing in on a £100 million three-year deal with Sky.

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EFL Championship clubs threaten breakaway unless they get bigger share of £600m Sky cash

By Paul Nicholson

November 12 – A row has broken out over English Football League TV rights with 15 tier two Championship clubs claiming the rights should be worth more, claiming a bigger share of the TV deal and threatening to breakaway from the EFL unless they receive the money.

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Sunderland ‘Till I Die – the power and the glory, forever and ever, a football fan (a Netflix original)

November 7 – Netflix might finally have understood what it means to be a football fan. Rather than another sycophantic love-in with one of the world’s big money club, the producer-come-streaming service has invested in the far grittier story of Sunderland’s disastrous fall from grace into the third tier of English football.

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England legend Glenn Hoddle saved on set by rapid response sound man

October 29 – Former England manager Glenn Hoddle is “responding well” to treatment in hospital after having suffered a heart attack on Saturday.

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