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©  UEFA Champions League / X

2025-26 Champions League: best audience of the season for Bayern - Paris SG on Canal+ (3.31 million)

FC Bayern Munich (Bundesliga) - Paris Saint-Germain (Ligue 1 McDonald's) (1-1, 5-6 on aggregate), second leg of their 2025-26 Champions League semi-final, drew an average of 3.31 million viewers on the pay-TV channel Canal+ in France on Wednesday 06/05/2026 (kick-off at 21:00 CET), according to…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Essentials Media, Media, Media Audiences, …
• Article # 440407
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©  Formula One Group

Formula 1: Sky extends TV rights in the UK and Ireland through 2034 and in Italy until 2032

Sky has extended its exclusive broadcasting rights to the Formula 1 World Championship in the UK and Ireland until 2034, as well as in Italy until 2032, Formula One Group announced on 06/05/2026. The pay-TV operator had previously extended, in September 2022, its exclusive TV rights to the…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): International authorities, Media, Rights Acquisitions, …
• Article # 440373
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©  APPS

Piracy: the Premier League and the French Rugby Federation become new members of APPS

The general assembly of the Association for the Protection of Sports Programmes (APPS) voted unanimously in favour of the French Rugby Federation and the Premier League joining the association, the association announced on 06/05/2026. APPS now has 25 members, with the FFR and the English league…
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• Category(ies): Federations, Authorities, International authorities, …
• Article # 440310
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©  DFL

Germany: DFL and DAZN secure court-ordered blocking of pirate website livetv.sx

The Deutsche Fußball Liga and DAZN have secured a court decision granting a blocking injunction against livetv.sx, an illegal sports piracy website in Germany, which "is estimated to account for a significant majority of illegal sports streaming consumption across the DACH region," the German…
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• Category(ies): Authorities, Professional leagues, Media, …
• Article # 440309
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©  UEFA Champions League / X

2025-26 Champions League: 1.32 million viewers for Arsenal-Atlético on Movistar in Spain

Arsenal FC (Premier League) - Club Atlético de Madrid (LALIGA EA Sports) (1-0, 2-1 on aggregate), second leg of their 2025-26 Champions League semi-final, drew an average of 1.32 million viewers on the pay-TV channel Movistar Liga de Campeones (Telefonica Group) in Spain on Tuesday 05/05/2026…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Media, Media Audiences, Spain
• Article # 440294
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©  D.R.

EPCR/United Kingdom: ITV acquires free-to-air TV rights to the 2025-26 European Cup finals

The private free-TV group ITV has acquired the free-to-air broadcasting rights to the 2025-26 Investec Champions Cup and Challenge Cup finals in the United Kingdom, European Professional Club Rugby announced on 03/05/2026. The Challenge Cup final will see Montpellier Hérault Rugby (Top 14) take…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): International authorities, Media, Rights Acquisitions, …
• Article # 440144
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©  D.R.

Spain: LALIGA+ streaming platform to close after 10 years on 30/06/2026

LALIGA will close its LALIGA+ streaming platform on 30/06/2026, the Spanish league announced on 04/05/2026. The service will thus cease broadcasting after nearly 10 years of activity. Among the competitions broadcast on LALIGA+ are the Primera División de Fútbol Sala (D1 futsal), the Spanish…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Authorities, Professional leagues, Media, …
• Article # 440114
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News Tank Football: elections, appointments & departures recorded in April 2026

• Karim Virani has been appointed interim CEO of West Ham United FC (Premier League), the club announced on 29/04/2026. • The electoral commission of Liga F has confirmed the re-election of Beatriz Álvarez as president of the women’s professional league for a four-year term, until 2030, it…
Domain(s): Clubs, Public Authorities & Regulations, Sponsors & Partners, Media
• Category(ies): Clubs, Authorities, Media, …
• Article # 439843
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©  Premier League

Premier League/piracy: 5 pirates from the illegal streaming service Flawless ordered to pay back £3.75m

The Derby Crown Court has ordered Mark Gould, the man who ran the unlawful streaming service Flawless that illegally broadcast Premier League games "to forfeit proceeds of criminal activities and return £2.35m (€2.72m) or face a further prison sentence of 10 years," the English league announced on…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Media, Rights Acquisitions, Judicial, …
• Article # 439933
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©  D.R.

Belgium/Pro League: DAZN - Telenet distribution agreement from 2026-27 after months of uncertainty

Telenet has signed an agreement with DAZN for the distribution of Pro League competitions from the 2026-27 season, the Belgian private broadcasting group announced on 04/05/2026. This agreement has come after several months of uncertainty surrounding the broadcasting of the Belgian league…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Media, Rights Acquisitions, Media Audiences, …
• Article # 439959
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