New York Cosmos Get U.S National TV Partnership

Hi everyone,
The New York Cosmos announced today that the club has reached agreement for its home games to be aired in high definition on ONE World Sports during the 2013 NASL Fall Season.

NextGen Soccer Series: The ESPN Grassroots Football Platform

Hi everyone,
ESPN has acquired multimedia rights to football’s NextGen Series, a six month European competition featuring the future stars of football.

YouTube Taps Heavily into Football

Hi everyone,
YouTube is getting more and more involved in football. The video site has partnered with digital specialists Rightster and international sports media rights agency MP & Silva to bring the best of international football content to YouTube.

More Live Football for ESPN

Hi everyone,
ESPN continues to add to its lineup of live top-flight football with the acquisition of French Ligue 1 rights and renewals of its agreements to cover Italian Serie A, Eredivisie and the Russian Premier League. The agreements all include multimedia rights – across TV and digital media – in the UK and Ireland.

EURO 2012 Audience Up 51% Compared to 2008 in the U.S.

Hi everyone,
Euro 2012 is over and the event was watched, acclaimed and followed in the United States. Living in NYC, I noticed that although the timezone, the distance and the fact that soccer is not a traditional U.S sport, Euro 2012 received a heavy media presence.

2011-2012 La Liga Cumulative Audience: 235 million

Hi everyone,
Spanish Liga BBVA 2011/12 reflected a cumulative audience of nearly 235 million, representing an increase of over 3.6 million viewers compared to the previous season.

ESPN Launches Global Multi-Platform Football Brand

Hi everyone,
ESPN, Inc. this week will introduce ESPNFC, a new multi-language and multi-country brand for soccer fans around the world across TV, radio, print, online, print and mobile.  Just in time for the 2012 UEFA European Football Championship, the new offering will bring together all of ESPN’s soccer properties and house them under one universally recognized name. 

Bundesliga Signs Major TV Rights Deal with Sky Deutschland and ARD

Hey guys,
When I talk about the Bundesliga, my articles often outline that the german league is becoming more and more competitive, and most importantly, financially sustainable. Yesterday, the Bundesliga reported to have sold its broadcast rights for four seasons from 2013-14 for €2.5 billion, marking a huge increase of more than 50% over the current cycle.

Al-Jazeera Increases Media Presence in Ligue 1

Hi everyone,
Al-Jazeera is very serious about football and has landed another domestic Ligue 1 media rights package. After acquiring the Champions League TV rights for the french market AND the Ligue 1 TV rights, the Qatar-based broadcaster had secured rights for an additional six live Ligue 1 games per round on pay-per-view, together with a weekly football magazine-style programme.

Apple Bidding for Barclays Premier League TV Rights: A Revolution in Broadcasting?

Hi folks,
Apple is interested in bidding for the UK TV rights to the Premier League, says a report in The Daily Mail. The Premier League’s live UK rights for 2010-13 raised £1.782bn when they were sold to Sky Sports and ESPN UK during the summer of 2009.

Sub-Sahara and Africa Champions League and Europa League TV Rights to Canal+ Afrique

Hi everyone,
UEFA today announced the award of the 2012-15 UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League French language media rights in Sub-Saharan Africa to CANAL+ AFRIQUE.

Canal+ Awarded 1st Pick Champions League Rights

Hi guys,
Canal+ will continue its long-standing role as a UEFA content partner after being awarded the final, so-called ‘first-pick ‘ media rights package for the 2012–15 UEFA Champions League in France.