January 4 – Global sports streaming platform DAZN has been ordered to keep broadcasting Belgium’s top-flight Pro League through the end of the 2025–26 season, after a ruling by the Belgian Arbitration and Mediation Centre (CEPANI).
January 5 – TVRI has secured free-to-air rights in Indonesia for football’s biggest tournament, the FIFA 2026 World Cup, ensuring nationwide access to the expanded 104-match festival this summer.
January 5 – Tenor Sports has secured the exclusive Canadian media rights to the Scottish Professional Football League in a deal brokered by Infront, bringing Scotland’s top tier to fans across the country from January 3, 2026. Their first broadcast was one of football’s most explosive fixtures, the Old Firm Derby between Celtic and Rangers, which the ‘Gers won 3-1.
January 1 – It may be a new year with new resolutions; however, global sports streaming giant DAZN continues to disrupt the old football market, securing the broadcast rights to former Barcelona legend, Gerard Piqué’s Kings League competitions for 2026.
December 29 – Vietnamese telco Viettel has acquired rights to Asian Football Confederation (AFC) national team and club competitions in a multi-year deal starting January 1, 2026.
December 18 – The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has secured its most extensive European broadcast footprint to date for the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Morocco 2025, concluding 20 separate media rights agreements covering more than 30 territories across the continent.
December 15 – The 2025 MLS Cup finished with its fairy tale ending while also delivering the biggest media moment the league has ever had as the ‘Lionel Messi effect’ pushed numbers to never-before-seen levels.
December 14 – AFC Bournemouth’s decision to partner with Vitality on the front of their shirt from the 2026/27 season is a clean break from the betting-heavy era that has come to define Premier League kits. With the league’s front-of-shirt gambling ban just around the corner, the Cherries are ahead of the curve as other clubs are reportedly struggling to find high value shirt front sponsors to replace bookmakers.
December 11 – NBCUniversal is close to selling out its World Cup ad inventory on Telemundo, and the tournament is still more than six months away.
December 5 – When you need a TV pundit with instant credibility, look no further than French World and European Championship winner Thierry Henry. And now he’s bringing that pedigree to FOX Sports ahead of the 2026 World Cup.
December 1 – LaLiga has wrapped up its domestic media-rights tender for 2027 to 2032, securing a combined €6.135 billion from Telefonica and DAZN. It’s a five-year commitment worth just over €1.05 billion per season, a 9% jump on the current cycle.
November 28 – The Dutch Football Association (KNVB) has agreed a new global media rights distribution deal running through to 2030 for several of its major competitions with IMG.
November 28 – After years of trying to break in meaningfully into the Premier League’s broadcast backyard, LaLiga has at last managed it with BBC Sport picking up the UK rights to show LaLiga highlights in a deal running through 2027.
November 27 – The National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) wrapped up its postseason with a historic moment. The championship match between Gotham FC and the Washington Spirit averaged 1,184,000 viewers across CBS and Paramount+, making it the most-watched final in league history.
November 27 – A major showdown is brewing in Belgian football, with broadcaster DAZN announcing it has ended its contract under Belgian law with the country’s top-flight Pro League.