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By Paul Nicholson
November 10 – Amazon and Manchester City have now officially announced a ‘multi-part’ documentary series that will go behind the scenes at the club and will air exclusively on Prime Video next year across 200 territories worldwide.
News of the series was leaked two weeks ago amid rumours that rights issues with live broadcasters – in particular Sky in the UK – who also commit to non-live programming, Read more …
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The Premier League’s six richest clubs are facing stubborn resistance toaim to their efforts to seek a greater share of income from the next round of multibillion‑pound TV deals
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BT Sport has agreed a new deal for weekly results show 'BT Sport Score' to be streamed live via social media platform Twitter.
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Ruling will allow the league to combat the illicit use of devices such as pre-loaded IPTV and Kodi boxes.
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July 4 – Nearly half of Premier League fans have at some stage streamed a top-flight game online through an unauthorised provider, according to a survey conducted by the BBC.
And over a third admitted doing so at least once a month.
The Premier League has been at pains to protect its lucrative TV deal after Sky and BT Sport paid a record £5.136 billion for rights to show live matches for three seasons. Read more …
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Chelsea were paid £150.8m by the Premier League after winning the 2016-17 title - 50% more than last season's top earners.
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April 20 – The new Premier League TV deal came in the nick of time for the English top division’s 20 clubs, which have run up an aggregate loss in 2015-16 after two seasons of impressive profits.
New analysis from professional service firm Deloitte’s sports business group has put aggregate pre-tax losses for the clubs at £110 million on combined revenues of £3.6 billion.
With revenue set to surge again in 2016-17, Read more …
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The English Premier League won a court order to block illegal streaming of soccer games on so-called IPTV, or Kodi, boxes.
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The Football Association agrees a new six-season overseas broadcast rights deal for the FA Cup - reportedly worth $1bn (£820m) - from 2018-19.
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The English Football League and its domestic live rights partner, pay-television broadcaster Sky, have pledged to give clubs at least five weeks’ notice ahead of any matches that will have their kick-off times changed to allow for live television coverage this season.
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Two suppliers of Kodi-type illegal devices have each been jailed for four-and-a-half years in Newcastle Crown Court
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Lure of video-sharing site’s 1.3bn users finally has club ready to play catchup with football rivals
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Games played on a Saturday night will form part of a new Premier League broadcast package from the 2019-20 season.
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October 13 – Viewing figures for Premier League football in the UK are showing a rebound in interest from the start of the season, after summer data showed that viewing figures for Sky’s Premier League coverage had slumped to their lowest point in seven years last season.
For the 2017-18 season Sky has drawn an average of 819,000 TV viewers per match, an 8% over a year earlier, according to data from Enders Analysis. Read more …
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Sky is to stream midweek Championship games after agreeing a new five-year domestic rights deal worth £600m with the EFL.
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The Premier League, the top division of English club football, would be open to offers for its next set of media rights from online operators such as Amazon and Facebook, according to chief executive Richard Scudamore.
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July 11 – Manchester United has launched a new streaming service at mutv.com which will enable subscribers to sign up to the channel without having to go through a satellite subscription. The channel will only be available to subscribers in the UK and Ireland at the start.
While the channel does not have access to live Premier League fixtures, it is launching with live broadcast of the club’s seven pre-season tour matches, including games against Real Madrid, Read more …
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The English Football League, which operates the three divisions below the top-tier Premier League, has decided against exercising an option to extend a domestic live rights deal with pay-television broadcaster Sky and will launch a tender process later this month.
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Is it time the Premier League developed an on-demand, Netflix-style football watching service?
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iSportConnect combines business networking, an in-depth look at the latest sports business news and the market data, listings of events and jobs as well as market analysis to provide a one-stop shop for the sports business community.
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A percentage of the revenue from the sale of free-to-air broadcast rights will be ploughed
back into grassroots sport – bringing in millions of pounds.
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