Sport streaming: Will the trickle become a flood after the Premier League’s deal with Amazon? June 12, 2018 If the sports streaming revolution has to date just been a trickle, then deals struck between rights holders and online platforms in recent days suggest signs of a flood to come. Most notable was Amazon’s capture of a package of domestic Premier League rights last week, meaning that from the 2019-20 season English football’s top [...]
BT’s investors lost faith in Gavin Patterson June 11, 2018 When BT announced last month that it would cut 13,000 jobs, many wondered if it would in fact end up as 13,001. Investor patience had been wearing thin, and chief executive Gavin Patterson had been standing on thin ice for a while. From a peak of nearly 500p in November 2015, BT's share price has [...]
Premier League overseas TV rights: English top flight makes concessions to Big Six but still treads carefully June 7, 2018 You would be forgiven for missing it but, muffled somewhat by the noise surrounding Amazon’s purchase of a Premier League broadcast package and the news of chief executive Richard Scudamore’s imminent departure, today saw another significant announcement regarding English football’s top division. From the 2019-20 season, when the next set of broadcast contracts takes effect, [...]
Premier League TV rights: Amazon purchases first TV rights package to show 20 live Premier League matches from 2019/2020 season June 7, 2018 Amazon will show 20 Premier League matches a season for three years from 2019, and these will be available to the tech giant’s Prime members in the UK. From the 2019/2020 season, UK Prime members will have access to watch 20 matches a season, and will show one round of midweek games in December, and [...]
Network Rail wants to ban plastic cutlery and cups from major stations by 2020 June 6, 2018 Network Rail is to ban retailers at some of its stations from supplying plastic cutlery and cups in a push to become more environmentally friendly. By the end of 2020, retailers at some of the biggest and busiest rail stations will also have to implement a coffee cup recycling scheme and expand the roll out [...]
Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich becomes Israeli citizen May 28, 2018 Russian billionaire and Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich has become an Israeli citizen and is planning to move to Tel Aviv where he’s bought a property, Israeli media has reported. Abramovich had reportedly been facing difficulties renewing his UK visa amid deteriorating relations between Russia and Britain. The government has declined to comment on the [...]
Liverpool sign £160m sponsorship deal with Standard Chartered | City A.M. May 24, 2018 European Champions League finalists Liverpool football club today signed a £160m four-year sponsorship deal with Standard Chartered Bank. The agreement is an extension to Standard Chartered’s current sponsorship of the Premier League club, taking the partnership through to the end of the 2022/23 season. Standard Chartered is a London-listed lender with 1,000 branches across 60 [...]
Play-off final prize money 2018: Here’s how much Fulham and Aston Villa could earn from promotion to Premier League May 24, 2018 Fulham and Aston Villa stand to receive at least £160m in future revenues by winning this Saturday’s Championship play-off final, but despite the obvious incentive industry analysts Deloitte warn that clubs should not spend beyond their means in pursuit of Premier League riches. According to Deloitte’s Sport Business Group the two clubs could even earn [...]
Arsenal set to pick Unai Emery over Mikel Arteta to replace Arsene Wenger at Emirates Stadium May 21, 2018 Arsenal are set to appoint former Paris Saint-Germain boss Unai Emery as their new manager after having a late change of heart over handing ex-club captain Mikel Arteta his first head coach’s role. Arteta looked be the preferred candidate to replace the long-serving Arsene Wenger at Emirates Stadium after earning rave reviews as Pep Guardiola’s [...]
Premier League prize money 2018: TV kings Manchester United top earnings despite finishing 19 points behind Manchester City May 17, 2018 Manchester United have been confirmed as the highest Premier League earners last season despite finishing 19 points behind runaway champions Manchester City. The league’s runners-up received £149.77m in central payments from the Premier League last season, slightly more than City’s £149.44m, due to being selected for more live TV games than any other club. Premier [...]