October 13 – UEFA is preparing to open its next UEFA Champions League media rights tender (2027–2033) to the global streaming platforms such as Netflix, Apple, and Amazon Prime Video.
October 10 – Billionaire Leonard Blavatnik has pumped a further $587 million into DAZN, his streaming platform that’s been racking up losses for years.
October 9 – English Premier League side Manchester City have announced a US-exclusive media collaboration with Paramount+, which will see the streaming service’s branding and content feature across the club’s US-focused digital and social media channels throughout their 2025/26 UEFA Champions League campaign (UCL).
October 9 – UEFA is preparing to take a page from the National Football League’s (NFL) playbook as the most lucrative broadcast rights sale in European football history is just around the corner.
September 8 – Brazilian club Flamengo have said that they will not leave the Libra bloc after a dispute over the distribution of TV rights money.
October 8 – As the countdown to the 2026 World Cup gathers pace, TV deals are being inked worldwide. In Germany, the battle for free broadcast rights was intensified after Deutsche Telekom snapped up the exclusive rights on its pay-TV online channel, MagentaTV.
September 28 – Football’s global media landscape is a fluid beast, with new platforms and creators seemingly popping up on a weekly basis with the latest coming from Brazil. The country’s top flight, the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, has sold its North American creator rights to the Creator Sports Network (CSN).
September 26 – Italian club Inter Milan has become the latest European giant to take full control of their story. The club has launched INTER 24/7, a free, ad-supported streaming channel broadcasting Nerazzurri content around the clock in both Italian and English.
September 25 – The Saudi Pro League has struck a series of new international broadcast agreements for the 2025/26 season, aiming to make its matches available in more than 180 territories through a record 37 broadcasters.
September 19 – Major League Soccer’s (MLS) latest international broadcast agreements highlight a trend that is seeing itsforeign superstars fuel the league’s global pull.
September 17 – The National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) in the US has added a fifth broadcast partner mid-season. North American streaming service Victory+ joins ABC, CBS Sports, ESPN and Prime.
September 12 – Mediapro will launch a dedicated channel to show every match of the 2026 FIFA World Cup in Spain, guaranteeing full coverage of the expanded tournament.
September 10 – Last weekend, the NFL made history and sent a clear warning to traditional football broadcasters by granting YouTube exclusive rights to its Opening Night game.
September 10 – The Turkish Football Federation (TFF) and media company Bi Kanal have signed a landmark agreement to broadcast matches from the Nesine 2. Lig (third tier) and Nesine 3. Lig (fourth tier).
September 5 – The Women’s Super League (WSL) has announced that Buzz16 has taken over production of BBC Sport’s coverage of the competition for the next three season.