Television & Broadcasting
Champions League Final Draws TV Audience of 360 Million
Tue 28th May 2013 | Television & Broadcasting
The 2013 UEFA Champions League final was delivered to hundreds of millions of fans around the world as UEFA continued to expand its digital reach across social media platforms. FC Bayern...
Sky Sports Awarded Rights to Screen UEFA Euro 2016 & FIFA 2018 World Cup Qualifiers
Tue 14th May 2013 | Television & Broadcasting
Sky Sports has been awarded the rights to Home Nations and Republic of Ireland qualification matches for UEFA EURO 2016 and 2018 FIFA World Cup. The new agreement with UEFA provides Sky Sports with...
Watching Sport Online: Better than TV?
Mon 13th May 2013 | Television & Broadcasting
After winning the 2012 ‘Best Webcasting Platform’ award last year, StreamUK plans to attend this year’s Streaming Media Forum with a slightly different focus; exploring online...
Jamie Carragher Signs Up To Sky Sports
Tue 30th Apr 2013 | Television & Broadcasting
Sky Sports has strengthened its line-up of football experts with the signing of Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher. Jamie will join Sky Sports in August 2013, ahead of its biggest ever football season,...
talkSPORT Seal Rights to Premier League Packages
Wed 10th Apr 2013 | Television & Broadcasting
The world’s biggest sports radio station, talkSPORT, has sealed the rights to two Barclays Premier League packages for the next three seasons. The deal – which begins next season –...
BSkyB and BT acquire Premier League Rights in the Republic of Ireland
Wed 27th Feb 2013 | Television & Broadcasting
BSkyB and BT have been awarded seven packages of live audio-visual rights for transmission of Premier League matches in the Republic of Ireland for seasons 2013/14 to 2015/16. The seven packages...
Premier League seals Dutch and Italian rights deals
Mon 11th Feb 2013 | Television & Broadcasting
The English Premier League has signed off on new broadcast rights deals in two key European markets by reaching agreements with the Pitch International and MP & Silva agencies for Italy and the...
Manchester United Aquire Full Control of MUTV
Tue 22nd Jan 2013 | Television & Broadcasting
Manchester United have acquired the one-third minority equity stake in Manchester United Television (MUTV) from BskyB (Sky) making MUTV a wholly-owned group subsidiary. As part of the club's long-term...
IMG acquires Premier League rights for ships and planes
Mon 3rd Dec 2012 | Television & Broadcasting
The Premier League have announced that IMG Media, a division of IMG Worldwide, has agreed a new three-year deal with the Premier League for aeroplanes and ships rights. The deal includes extensive...
NBC Sports Group acquires Premier League rights in USA
Mon 29th Oct 2012 | Television & Broadcasting
The Premier League have announced that NBCUniversal via the NBC Sports Group have been awarded the live audio visual broadcast rights for all 380 Barclays Premier League matches per season for seasons...
UEFA Wins Technology Award For EURO Broadcast
Mon 15th Oct 2012 | Television & Broadcasting
UEFA's innovative use of technology at UEFA EURO 2012 this summer has been honoured with the SVG Europe IBC Technology Award as one of this year's top achievements in sports broadcasting. UEFA was...
Football League Appoint New Head of Media Rights
Tue 9th Oct 2012 | Television & Broadcasting
The Football League have announced the appointment of Alfonso Medina to the position of Head of Media Rights. Medina has more than ten years of commercial and broadcast experience in the sports...
ESPN Acquires Multimedia Rights To Nextgen Series
Mon 24th Sep 2012 | Television & Broadcasting
ESPN has acquired multimedia rights to the NextGen Series, a six month European competition featuring the future stars of football, from 24 renowned European clubs. Under the four-year agreement,...
NextGen Series takes step forward with Eurosport deal
Tue 4th Sep 2012 | Television & Broadcasting
The fledgling NextGen Series has secured a major boost with the announcement of a four-year broadcast deal with Eurosport. NextGen’s partnership with the pan-European broadcaster will see a...
Man Utd launch MUTV in Japan
Mon 20th Aug 2012 | Television & Broadcasting
Manchester United has teamed up with Fuji TV to launch MUTV in Japan. This three-year partnership will enable Fuji TV to broadcast MUTV content to its viewers in Japan and will cover matches,...
Sky maintains commitment to SPL through new TV deal
Wed 1st Aug 2012 | Television & Broadcasting
UK pay-television broadcaster BSkyB has confirmed a new five-year broadcast deal for the Scottish Premier League (SPL), with the agreement also set to include coverage of Rangers matches. With Rangers...
BBC NI Announce New Deal With Irish FA
Thu 19th Jul 2012 | Television & Broadcasting
BBC Northern Ireland has agreed a new contract with the Irish FA for coverage of international and domestic football. The deal covers international football for the next two years, and the Irish FA...
Sky Sports Announces Live Barclays Premier League Matches
Thu 5th Jul 2012 | Television & Broadcasting
Premier League champions Manchester City, runners-up Manchester United and UEFA Champions League winners Chelsea kick off the Barclays Premier League 2012-13 season on Sky Sports. In conjunction with...
BT Take Premier League TV Rights From ESPN
Thu 14th Jun 2012 | Television & Broadcasting
ESPN has lost its foothold on English Premier League football rights after BT became the surprise bidder in the latest round of bidding to show live games from the season after next. Whilst BskyB...
Manchester Derby Attracts Record TV Viewer Figures
Wed 2nd May 2012 | Television & Broadcasting
Manchester City’s defeat of Manchester United attracted a record-breaking audience of over four million viewers to UK pay-television broadcaster BSkyB, according to research by SportBusiness...
Liverpool To Star in Behind The Scenes TV Show
Thu 26th Apr 2012 | Television & Broadcasting
Fans of Liverpool FC will get a unique insight into what goes on behind the scenes with the announcement today that they have teamed up with FOX Soccer to participate in a groundbreaking new...
talkSPORT Secures Global Premier League Audio Rights
Tue 17th Apr 2012 | Television & Broadcasting
talkSPORT has agreed a deal with the Premier League for an exclusive package of international audio broadcasting rights for the next four football seasons. The deal will see talkSPORT become a global...
Pub landlady Karen Murphy wins TV football court case
Fri 24th Feb 2012 | Television & Broadcasting
Pub landlady Karen Murphy has won her court fight with the English Premier League over using a Greek TV decoder to screen games. Karen Murphy has paid nearly £8,000 in fines and costs for using...
Premier League Football in Free-to-Air first
Tue 24th Jan 2012 | Television & Broadcasting
Premier League football will be available to view on free-to-air TV for the first time in its 20 year history. ESPN have announced they will make all its content available free to watch on the 3 rd to...
ITV Extends FA Deal
Tue 17th Jan 2012 | Television & Broadcasting
ITV has agreed a new two-year deal with The Football Association for the broadcast rights to the pick of The FA Cup and England internationals, including home qualifiers for the 2014 World Cup, from...
RangersTV Returns To Television Screens This Month
Mon 9th Jan 2012 | Television & Broadcasting
RangersTV is set to return to television screens next Monday (16 January, 2012) when three hours of Rangers action will be broadcast on Premier Sports on Sky channel 433. Every Monday evening,...
BBC and ITV sign joint Euro 2012 deal
Tue 13th Dec 2011 | Television & Broadcasting
The BBC and ITV have jointly acquired the rights for the UEFA Euro 2012 football tournament. The BBC will show the England national team’s group game against Sweden on June 15. ITV will show...
SPL agrees new 5-year TV deal
Tue 22nd Nov 2011 | Television & Broadcasting
The Scottish Premier League have announced a new five-year deal with Sky Sports and ESPN for the live rights to Clydesdale Bank Premier League games. The clubs agreed a deal on improved terms which...
Liverpool want to go it alone on overseas TV rights deals
Wed 12th Oct 2011 | Television & Broadcasting
Liverpool FC’s managing director, Ian Ayre has admitted that Premier League clubs should be allowed to negotiate individual overseas TV rights. In an interview with the Guardian, Ayre is quoted...
Premier League loses fight against Karen Murphy
Tue 4th Oct 2011 | Television & Broadcasting
The Premier League have lost their fight against Karen Murphy after the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled in favour of the Portsmouth pub landlady. In a landmark ruling, the case brought to the...
FA Cup opener to be shown on Budweiser Facebook page
Wed 17th Aug 2011 | Television & Broadcasting
The opening game of the FA Cup is to be streamed live on Facebook, the first live football match to be broadcast on the social networking site. FA Cup sponsor Budweiser brokered the deal with...
Football League signs global broadcasting deal
Wed 27th Jul 2011 | Television & Broadcasting
The Football League has agreed a record five year overseas broadcasting deal with global agency Pitch International for the worldwide distribution of matches from the beginning of the 2012/13 season....
The FA appoints BBC Worldwide as its licensing agent
Wed 20th Jul 2011 | Television & Broadcasting
The Football Association (The FA) has appointed BBC Worldwide as its licensing agent for the England and The FA Cup brands. The FA, the governing body for football in England has one of the highest...
FIFA Women’s World Cup Germany 2011™ sets new TV viewing records
Wed 20th Jul 2011 | Television & Broadcasting
The FIFA Women’s World Cup Germany 2011™ has set a new benchmark for the sport after viewers around the world tuned in en masse and smashed several TV audience records along the way. This...
New Champions League TV deal comes with income warning
Wed 27th Apr 2011 | Television & Broadcasting
UEFA have announced a new three-year deal for Champions League rights with Sky and ITV - but England's top clubs face a major drop in their income from the competition if a European ruling goes...
Bristol City CEO says TV deal a wake up call
Wed 6th Apr 2011 | Television & Broadcasting
Bristol City Chief Executive, Colin Sexstone says the £69m drop in TV revenue from the latest Sky deal announced by the Football League is a "wake up call for everyone in football". Speaking to...
Football League seal broadcasting deal
Wed 6th Apr 2011 | Television & Broadcasting
The Football League and Sky Sports have signed a new broadcasting agreement to run for three seasons from 2012/13. The new deal, worth £195m, will see Sky Sports extend their unrivalled live...
High Court overturns licensee's conviction for using foreign satellite
Mon 28th Mar 2011 | Television & Broadcasting
The High Court has quashed a pub licensee’s conviction for screening Premier League football via a foreign satellite system. According to the Morning Advertiser, Gregory Turner, of the Golden...
Fergie to meet BBC to resolve dispute
Fri 25th Mar 2011 | Television & Broadcasting
Sir Alex Ferguson will hold clear the air talks with the BBC according to reports. It’s understood that he will sit down the BBC’s director-general Mark Thompson in an attempt to resolve...
SFA & IFA set for UEFA cash windfall
Thu 24th Mar 2011 | Television & Broadcasting
The Scottish and Irish Football Associations are set for a cash windfall after they agreed to back UEFA’s mandate for the centralisation of commercial rights. It is now expected the two...
FA to veto UEFA's TV plans
Thu 24th Feb 2011 | Television & Broadcasting
The Football Association have confirmed they would veto any deal that would see television rights for some England games sold collectively by UEFA if it meant their broadcast revenue being slashed....
Court overrules FIFA & UEFA bid to stop free-to-air tournament broadcasts
Thu 17th Feb 2011 | Television & Broadcasting
The World Cup and European Championships will remain on free-to-air TV in the UK after the European General Court (EGC) has ruled against FIFA and UEFA. The UK Government designated both the World Cup...
ECJ opinion on Karen Murphy v Premier League
Thu 3rd Feb 2011 | Television & Broadcasting
In the view of Advocate General Kokott, territorial exclusivity agreements relating to the transmission of football matches are contrary to European Union law European Union law does not make it...
Premier League Statement
Thu 3rd Feb 2011 | Television & Broadcasting
The Premier League are currently considering the detail of Advocate General Kokott’s Opinion but our initial view is that it is not compatible with the existing body of EU case law and would...
SPL appoint IMG Media as Advisors
Fri 28th Jan 2011 | Television & Broadcasting
The Scottish Premier League (SPL) today announced the appointment of IMG Media as advisors in relation to the potential establishment of an SPL television channel. IMG Media is the world’s...
Keys & Gray apologise for sexist comments
Wed 26th Jan 2011 | Television & Broadcasting
Richard Keys and Andy Gray, the Sky Sports presenters whose sexist remarks toward a female official costing Gray his job have both apologised today. Keys has been busy speaking on a number of media...
Keys & Gray suspended by Sky Sports
Mon 24th Jan 2011 | Television & Broadcasting
The sexist comments made by Sky Sports presenters, Richard Keys and Andy Gray about assistant referee Sian Massey has seen the pair being suspended for tonight’s live televised game and could...
Sky Sports apologise for sexist comments by presenters
Mon 24th Jan 2011 | Television & Broadcasting
The unguarded comments made by Sky Sports presenters Richard Keys and Andy Gray about assistant referee Sian Massey, could see them severely disciplined by the channel. Sky Sports have been forced to...
Manchester United partner with US based Sirius XM Radio
Tue 4th Jan 2011 | Television & Broadcasting
Sirius XM, the New York based satellite radio firm has unveiled a multi-year deal to be the official radio broadcaster of the 18-time champions of the English Premier League. Financial terms weren't...
Sky Sports to support troops with broadcasts from Afghanistan
Fri 17th Dec 2010 | Television & Broadcasting
Soccer AM and Ford Super Sunday have scheduled extra special features in this weekend’s programming as Sky Sports visits the armed forces based at Camp Bastion in Afghanistan. Soccer AM’s...
Arsenal extends strategic media partnership with MP & Silva to include Emirates Cup
Mon 13th Dec 2010 | Television & Broadcasting
Arsenal Football Club has agreed an extension to its existing long-term content and production agreement with MP & Silva (MPS), a leading international sports media company, to distribute...
FIFA receive award for World Cup coverage
Wed 13th Oct 2010 | Television & Broadcasting
FIFA have been presented with an award in recognition of the immense reach and popularity of the FIFA World Cup™. Recognised by the broadcast media industry, FIFA received the European Sport TV...
Man City hope to conquer more than just the Premier League
Tue 7th Sep 2010 | Television & Broadcasting
Manchester City are hoping to conquer more than just the Premier League this season with the release of Blue Moon Rising , a behind-the scenes documentary that details City's first season under Abu...
MIC warns broadcasters over illegal showing of PL matches
Fri 3rd Sep 2010 | Television & Broadcasting
Vietnam's Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) says it will take the necessary action to stop cable operators from re-broadcasting English Premier League content via channels that reside...
Chelsea launch online TV channel
Fri 27th Aug 2010 | Television & Broadcasting
Premier League Football Club, Chelsea has launched Chelsea TVC Online, a new online resource for fans. The online portal is going to be powered by Perform, Chelsea’s internet partner and a...
Premier League continues to attract significant out-of-home audience
Tue 24th Aug 2010 | Television & Broadcasting
Over a third of British adults aged 18 to 34 are planning to watch this season's English Premier League on TV outside of their own home, according to research from YouGov/SMG Insight. Just under a...
ITV escapes punishment for World Cup blunder
Tue 24th Aug 2010 | Television & Broadcasting
ITV has escaped censure from Ofcom over the World Cup gaffe that saw viewers being shown a car advert instead of Steven Gerrard’s goal against the USA. ITV has explained that a wrong button was...
Total Sports Asia scores new media rights to the Barclays Premier League in Indonesia.
Wed 11th Aug 2010 | Television & Broadcasting
Asia’s leading independent sports marketing company, Total Sports Asia (TSA) has acquired the new media (mobile and internet clips) rights for the Barclays Premier League for Indonesia for the...
BBC to launch smart phone 'Apps'
Mon 26th Jul 2010 | Television & Broadcasting
It's been reported that the BBC has finally been given the go-ahead by the BBC Trust to launch smartphone apps - meaning it can extend its reach of its news and sport service. The...
World Cup final expected to break TV audience viewing records
Mon 12th Jul 2010 | Television & Broadcasting
A worldwide audience of over 700 million are thought to have watched Spain beat Holland 1-0 in Johannesburg in the 2010 World Cup Final, The Spanish victory, which sparked scenes of celebration all...
Sky to increase the wholesale price of its Sports channels
Thu 1st Jul 2010 | Television & Broadcasting
It’s been announced that Sky is to increase the price of its Sky Sports channels, raising the cost to BT and Virgin of broadcasting live events such as Premier League football. The news comes...
ITV warns Davids over on-air branding
Wed 23rd Jun 2010 | Television & Broadcasting
ITV has been forced to caution pundit Edgar Davids after he wore a top featuring branding for a clothing company he works with on air. The former Holland international appeared in the brightly...
BBC are World Cup Winners
Tue 22nd Jun 2010 | Television & Broadcasting
Vuvuzelas and tensions in the England camp aside, survey figures just released by the Football Fans Census reveal that the BBC team has come out early winners in the World Cup ratings battle. The...
British public turning down the sound of the vuvuzelas
Thu 17th Jun 2010 | Television & Broadcasting
35% of British adults who have been watching the 2010 FIFA World Cup, have done so with the volume on their television sets turned down because of the sound of the vuvuzelas. The traditional African...
USA-ENGLAND Most Viewed First Round FIFA World Cup Match Ever in the US
Tue 15th Jun 2010 | Television & Broadcasting
The U.S. Men’s National Team’s highly anticipated opening match of the 2010 FIFA World Cup against England on ABC was the most viewed World Cup first round match and fifth most-viewed...
FIFA terminates 3D rights deal with Aruna Media
Wed 26th May 2010 | Television & Broadcasting
FIFA, the world’s football governing body, has reportedly terminated its contract with Swiss-based agency Aruna Media for the 3D public-viewing rights for next month’s World Cup according...
Yahoo! scores rights to Premier League highlights
Thu 29th Apr 2010 | Television & Broadcasting
Yahoo! has scored an exclusive deal with the Premier League to feature online highlights of football matches over the next three seasons, until 2013. The deal will see the internet giant screen...
Premier League rights chief quits to join US agency
Wed 21st Apr 2010 | Television & Broadcasting
Phil Lines, the English Premier League’s director of media operations and international broadcasting, has been recruited by CAA Sports, a division of the US entertainment and sports agency...
FIFA and Sony to launch first ever global 3D experience but snub England group games
Thu 8th Apr 2010 | Television & Broadcasting
Group games chosen to be shown in 3D will not include England. Fifa and Sony today announced that 25 World Cup 2010 matches will be recorded in 3D, one on each day of the tournament, from the first...
Ofcom orders Sky to cut wholesale price of sports channels
Wed 31st Mar 2010 | Television & Broadcasting
In what could turn out to be one of the most significant rulings to date, the media regulator Ofcom today ordered BSkyB to reduce the amount it charges rivals to offer Sky Sports by more than 20%. The...
TV schedule for World Cup announced
Tue 23rd Mar 2010 | Television & Broadcasting
The BBC and ITV have revealed the split of televised matches for this summer’s FIFA World Cup in South Africa. As joint TV rights holders in the UK, live coverage of World Cup matches will be...
Premier League secure £1.4bn in overseas broadcasting deals
Tue 23rd Mar 2010 | Television & Broadcasting
The Premier League expect to raise £1.4bn in the sale of its overseas broadcasting rights according to the Independent newspaper. The new deal for 2010-13 has more than doubled from the...
Ofcom may force Sky to sell some of its channels
Tue 23rd Mar 2010 | Television & Broadcasting
Ofcom, the television watchdog are expected to announce its plans to force Sky, the satellite broadcaster to sell its premium sports and film channels at ‘wholesale’ prices. Industry...
BBC say no to Gordon Brown
Wed 10th Mar 2010 | Television & Broadcasting
It’s been reported that Gordon Brown has had his request to appear on Match of the Day 2, the BBC’s Sunday night Premier League highlights programme rejected. The broadcasting corporation...
Premier League seals Radio broadcast deals
Fri 19th Feb 2010 | Television & Broadcasting
The Premier League has completed its radio rights deal for the 2010-11 to 2012-13 seasons with the commission to be shared among BBC Radio Five Live, TalkSport and Absolute Radio. The BBC has been...
Premier League worldwide TV deals to top £1bn
Mon 8th Feb 2010 | Television & Broadcasting
It's been reported that the English Premier League is all set to announce that deals for its worldwide television rights will cross the £1 billion mark. The current agreements are worth...
RANGERS LAUNCH NIGHTLY ‘BLUES NEWS’ SHOW
Fri 8th Jan 2010 | Television & Broadcasting
Rangers Football Club has launched Blues News – an early evening, daily magazine programme featuring exclusive interviews with Walter Smith and his Double-winning stars, studio guests plus all...
