ALL POSTS TAGGED "Sky"
DAZN
/ 349 days agoDAZN, Sky retain Serie A rights in Italy in $4.8 billion deal
DAZN and Sky will return as the domestic broadcast rights holders for Serie A. The upcoming deal runs for the next five seasons. Therefore, it will expire at the end of the 2028/29 campaign. The duo is paying a combined $4.8 billion for the five-year deal. As a result, Serie A is pulling in $960 […]
Italy
/ 396 days agoSerie A considers direct-to-consumer streaming platform
With the new season underway, Italy's premier league, Serie A, is at a critical juncture regarding its broadcasting and streaming rights. Current rights expire at the end of the 2023/24 season. With bids coming in below the League’s target, there is now talk of Serie A launching its own service. Broadcasters failing to meet Serie […]
Leagues: EPL
/ 5647 days agoJust How Much Trouble Are Setanta In?
More news seems to be filtering through over the continued rumours that Setanta Sports are in financial difficulty here in the UK and are desperately trying to find some finance to help them through after they only won one of the six Premier League Packages for the next deal that starts in 2010. A desperate […]
General
/ 5989 days agoSky Pay-TV Freeview Plan Delayed
British media regulator Ofcom announced today that it was delaying a decision on a planned Sky pay-TV service for Freeview until a larger investigation into the entire pay-TV market can be completed later this summer. The announcement makes a full decision on the Sky service unlikely before 2009. Sky announced its plans for the pay-TV […]