The value of the Football Association’s international television sponsorship deals could rise by about a third thanks to increased demand for England matches and the FA Cup.
Qatar-based satellite broadcaster Al Jazeera has significantly strengthened its presence in France by snapping up four of the country’s five media rights packages for the UEFA Champions League from 2012-15.
All 15 matches of the 2011 South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Championship, South Asia’s premier football competition will be broadcast live on YouTube from December 2 when the tournament kicks-off.
It was supposed to be a landmark game, moved controversially to a midday kick-off in Spain to help Real Madrid reach a massive 7pm prime-time Saturday night audience in China.
The team, which is jumping from Fox Sports West, reaches an agreement on a 10-year deal valued at $55 million for an undetermined number of games starting in 2012.
Leading Spanish news agency EFE reports that according to the calculations of Beijing TV an incredible 60 million Chinese tuned into Sunday’s ‘live’ game between Real Madrid and Osasuna at the Santiago Bernabéu.
Manchester United matches attract almost 52 per cent of the Premier League’s entire global TV audience according to exclusive Sportingintelligence analysis
Fifa has awarded the exclusive US media rights to all Fifa World Cup events from 2015 to 2022 to Fox and NBC Universal’s Telemundo Media in deals reportedly worth more than a billion dollars
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