What the Premier League rights deal says about the state of the sports media market
Published Thursday, 28 March 2024.
Serie A’s 2023 Sale of Broadcast Rights: Opportunities and Challenges for Italian Football
Published Thursday, 08 February 2024.
Why uncertainty over broadcasting rights threatens the future of French football
Published Thursday, 14 December 2023.
FIFA+ announces landmark expansion across connected TV and FAST channel platforms
FIS and Infront enter historic FIS World Cup Centralised Media Rights Framework Agreement
IOC announces Infront as exclusive Central and South-East Asia Media Rights-Holder for 2026-2032 period
Five operators of illegal streaming network jailed for more than 30 years
Call for Proposals for Italian Territory Lega Series Channel – Football Seasons from 2024/2025 to 2033/2034
What are grant of rights contracts in U.S. college football & their impact on the institutions
Published Friday, 12 May 2023.
AFC confirms media rights deal for the 2025-2028 cycle with Korea Republic’s Coupang Play
ICC agrees deal with SuperSport to show ICC cricket in 52 African territories
Why Evolving Consumption Habits May Change Football’s Broadcasting Model
Published Wednesday, 08 February 2023.
Listed Sporting Events Regime Under Review By UK Government
Published Thursday, 08 December 2022.
FIFA launches tender process in Spain for media rights to FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™
Eca Executive Board Brings Together Europe's Leading Clubs To Discuss Post-2024 Media Rights, New Distribution Models And Eca Network
ICC launches tender process for media rights starting in 2024
Negotiating & Drafting Of Media Rights Agreements - An International Perspective
Published Friday, 06 May 2022.
Sports Law in 2022 – Key issues to watch in UK & Ireland
Published Tuesday, 28 December 2021.
Key Sports Law Cases And Developments Of 2021 – UK & Ireland
Published Wednesday, 22 December 2021.
World Athletics and EBU agree to renewal of long-running media rights agreement
World Athletics and the European Broadcasting Union are delighted to announce that they have extended and enhanced their long-running media rights partnership for all the events in the top-tier World Athletics Series.
Premier Hockey Federation announce exclusive rights agreement with ESPN+
The Premier Hockey Federation announced today it has reached an agreement that makes ESPN+ the exclusive home of the PHF in the United States during the upcoming 2021-22 season. 60 PHF regular-season games, plus special events, Isobel Cup Playoffs and Championship, will be available to stream live, exclusively on ESPN+ for fans in the U.S.
Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games on Seven
The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) and Seven Network are proud to announce it is the official Australian broadcast partner for the XXII Commonwealth Games, which will take place in Birmingham, United Kingdom, from 28 July to 8 August next year.
Olympic broadcasters look ahead to Beijing 2022 after success of Tokyo 2020
Following the ground-breaking coverage of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, Olympic Broadcasting Services and rights-holding broadcasters around the world are now turning their attention to the upcoming Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022.
The Future Of Sports Broadcasting In UAE: Reimagining Rights Agreements & Collaborating With The Competition
Published Friday, 08 October 2021.
Breaking barriers: commercialising women's sports in a new era of visibility and growth
Published Tuesday, 23 April 2024.
Future commercial developments in sport: Key takeaways
Published Friday, 08 March 2024.
Sports Law In 2024 – Key Issues To Watch In UK & Ireland
Published Thursday, 04 January 2024.
Tender process opens in Australia for media rights to the FIFA World Cup 2026™ and FIFA Women’s World Cup 2027™
FIFA has launched two separate invitations to tender (ITT) in Australia today for the media rights to the FIFA World Cup 26™ and FIFA Women’s World Cup 2027™. The respective tenders also allow for the opportunity to bid for the FIFA World Cup 2030™ and FIFA Women’s World Cup 2031™. The FIFA World Cup 2026™ will be the 23rd edition of the competition and will be jointly hosted by Canada, Mexico and the USA. With iconic venues, passionate supporters and a wealth of experience in delivering world-class entertainment events, the host nations will provide an unrivalled platform to celebrate the game and its ability to connect and inspire people around the world.
The new-look tournament will be the biggest FIFA World Cup™ ever, with a total of 104 matches spread over an extended competition window of five-and-a-half weeks. It will also be the first to feature 48 teams, thereby offering nations a greater chance to qualify than ever before. At least eight AFC teams will participate at the finals, with the potential for another AFC team to qualify through the FIFA intercontinental play-off tournament. Australia’s Socceroos have qualified for every FIFA World Cup since 2006 and enjoyed their joint best performance ever in 2022, reaching the knockout stage before being eliminated by eventual winners Argentina.
The FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™ is currently taking place in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand, with the final set to be played on Sunday, 20 August at Stadium Australia in Sydney/Wangal. The expanded 32-team tournament has been a resounding success, with exciting matches and unexpected results demonstrating the increasing competitiveness of women’s football globally. The tournament has generated unprecedented support from fans across the host nations, with record attendances and over 1.7 million tickets sold. Australia’s Matildas have shown their prowess and won the hearts of the nation, leading to record match audiences for local broadcasters. The bidding process for the 2027 edition of the tournament is already underway, with the host(s) expected to be announced in May 2024.
The tender processes will allow FIFA to select those entities who are best placed to secure the required transmission and production commitments to achieve FIFA’s objectives of reaching the widest possible audience whilst providing a high-quality viewing experience for fans.
Entities wishing to participate in either or both of the tender processes can request the ITTs by emailing
The bid submission deadline in each case is 10:00 (CEST) on Tuesday, 19 September 2023.
Through the sale of media rights for its football tournaments, FIFA generates income that is essential to support and develop the game worldwide, including through the FIFA Forward Programme.
Tender process opens for media rights to the extended African qualifying campaign for the FIFA World Cup 2026™
Strong global broadcast platform in place for the FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023™
Genius strikes exclusive data, streaming & integrity partnership with Vietnam Pro Basketball League
Genius Sports strikes official data and streaming partnership with the European League of Football
CAF launches Tender process for Sub-Saharan and global media rights package including TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations Cote d’Ivoire 2023, TotalEnergies Women’s Africa Cup of Nations 2024 and TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations 2025
Genius Sports awarded exclusive official data & streaming partnership with Chinese Taipei Football
NBC, Optus, and Premier League Productions trialed an augmented broadcast on Peacock in the US earlier this month.
Sport And Media Rights – Annual Review 2022/23
Published Thursday, 02 March 2023.
Cooperation In Staging Major Sports Events - Why Is Compromise Becoming So Tricky?
Published Friday, 06 January 2023.
Disney Star will be the home of ICC cricket in India through to 2027
Metaverses – A Brave New World for Sports Brands?
Published Tuesday, 06 September 2022.
Summary Judgements & Force Majeure: How The Premier League Recovered $213mn From PPLive
Published Monday, 08 August 2022.
BCCI announces the successful bidders for acquiring the Media Rights for the Indian Premier League Seasons 2023-2027
Sports Lawyer In The Spotlight: Steve Bainbridge
Published Monday, 11 April 2022.
Key Sports Law Cases And Developments Of 2021 – Central & South America
Published Wednesday, 22 December 2021.
Beating Sport Broadcast Piracy - Saving The Shots Vs. Removing The Goal
Published Tuesday, 23 November 2021.
FIFA awards key media rights to FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™ in the Netherlands
FIFA has awarded free-to-air media rights to key matches of the FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023™ to public service broadcaster NOS in the Netherlands. NOS will show twenty-five matches of the tournament, including the opening match, any Dutch national team matches and the key matches of the knock-out stage on its leading NPO channels. NOS has previously achieved extremely high audiences for women’s football, including the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2019™, the final of which was followed by around 5.5 million viewers (with 88% audience market share).
The Rules Against 'Portraying Problematic Behaviour' In Sports Gambling Ads (ASA v Ladbrokes)
Published Tuesday, 19 October 2021.
ESPN to broadcast Super Wild Card Weekend's Monday night game for next five years
The inaugural Monday wild-card playoff game will be broadcast by the home network of Monday Night Football.
ESPN announced Wednesday it has won the rights to host the finale of Super Wild Card Weekend for the next five years. This season's offering, the league's first scheduled weekday prime-time playoff game, will be played on Jan. 17, 2022.
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AFC announces media rights deal with ELEVEN
Kuala Lumpur: The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has today announced ELEVEN as their new media partner in Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei Darussalam, Hong Kong, Thailand, and Philippines.