Amazon is "dipping its toe in the water" of live sports rights. That's how Albert Cheng, Co-Head of TV at Amazon Studios, described its moves into the live hustle-and-bustle of some of the world's most popular sports including NFL, soccer and tennis. Amazon aired Thursday Night Football last year and bought the rights…

BBC Studios boss Tim Davie has become the second high-profile TV executive to turn down the chance to run the English Premier League. Davie, who is CEO of the commercial and production division of the British public broadcaster, has decided to stay at the company, according to the Financial Times. This comes after <a href="https://deadline.com/tag/animal-planet/"…

Amazon is getting into English Premier League soccer after securing a package of high-profile games in the UK – arguably its biggest move into the live sports arena. The SVOD service has bought the rights to 20 matches per season between 2019-2022, although it's thought that the company managed to get them at a…

It’s game day for the battle for the UK rights to Premier League soccer as Sky and BT have both retained a number of packages. However, the auction is still ongoing with two of the seven packages still yet to be decided, leaving open the possibility of a bid from one of the digital giants such as Amazon. Multiple…

As football season approaches, NBC Sports Group has been busy tying up its rights to that other kind of football. The company has re-upped its exclusive with the English Premier League to air its matches in the U.S. through the 2021-22 season. The six-year extension keeps all 380 annual EPL soccer games in the…

This weekend marked the start of English Premier League soccer with fans on both sides of the pond in a football frenzy. In the U.S., NBC Sports Group kicked off its exclusive coverage on Saturday with three live matches: Liverpool v Stoke City and Arsenal v Aston Villa on NBCSN, followed by Swansea City v Manchester…

FoxCrime Channel Infiltrates South Africa Fox International Channels announced the South African launch of its global crime and investigation entertainment network, FoxCrime. The launch adds 1.6 million subscribers to the brand's 25 million existing global households. The South African FoxCrime schedule combines FIC…

‘The Following’ Gets Killer Ratings On Sky Atlantic Kevin Bacon serial killer drama The Following had a solid debut on Fox in the U.S. on Monday and on Tuesday premiered on UK pay channel Sky Atlantic. In the 10PM-11PM slot, the violent horror thriller drew an average of 270,000 viewers for a 1.4% share. The numbers…

NBCUniversal‘s NBC Sports Group has acquired exclusive U.S. media rights to English Premier League soccer matches through a multiyear agreement that begins with the 2013-14 season. NBCUniversal becomes the exclusive English- and Spanish-language media rights holder to all 380 Premier League games across all platforms…

NBC Universal is the surprise front-runner in bidding for U.S. rights to English Premier League soccer, Sports Business Daily reports. A three-year deal starting with the 2013-14 season is expected to be announced next week. NBC is wrapping up negotiations in bidding that started only last week. NBC would pay about…