Tag: Football Association

  • TWI Radio re-appointed by FA Premier League to market rights

    TWI Radio re-appointed by FA Premier League to market rights

    MUMBAI: TWI Radio has been re-appointed by football association the FA Premier League to represent its international radio rights.

    The new three-year contract – which runs until the 2006/7 season – will see TWI continuing its relationship with an array of existing clients and a new deal with digital satellite radio company Sirius which has 120 channels across the US.

    The Sirius deal will enable football fans across North America, including Mexico and the Caribbean, to catch up with Premiership match action until May 2005.

    The deal was brokered by TWI Radio which has represented the Premier League outside the UK for the past five years.

    Premier League CEO Richard Scudamore said, “The Premier League is the world’s most popular domestic league competition. We are now broadcast on television in more than 180 different countries, but we are always looking to ensure there are numerous ways for fans to access and enjoy the competition.

    “Our continued relationship with TWI for our international radio rights will ensure that all the best Barclays English Premiership action is available to hundreds of millions of Premier League fans throughout the world. The coverage right across the US in the deal with Sirius is particularly pleasing as we look to develop the league in that market.”

  • FA’s signs up new European TV rights partners

    FA’s signs up new European TV rights partners

    MUMBAI: The Football Association has concluded an agreement for ‘second party rights’ with sports marketing agency Sportfive.

    The rights extend to the right to broadcast England home international matches into the territory of the opposing team. Sportfive already has more than 30 European football federations in its second party rights portfolio.

    The conclusion of the multi-year agreements follows the acquisition of FA Cup and England rights by ESPN Star Sports. One of the deals is for France. FA Cup games will be shown through Canal Plus. Sportfive will assist in negotiating the remaining European territories.

    The FA also hatched a deal for the Scandinavian region, to show the FA Cup and England internationals via the Viasat platforms. This will ensure coverage in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland and Iceland, says an official release.

    The FA release states that the FA Cup and England matches are watched by a global audience in 154 countries