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ViacomCBS on Thursday inked a deal to become the U.S. home of the marquee UEFA Champions League as well as the sibling UEFA Europa League and UEFA Europa Conference League, with the pact kicking off in August. The four-year deal calls for games and programming to air live on a mix of CBS, CBSSN and CBS All Access…

English Premier League is set to pay tribute to the Black Lives Matter movement by replacing players' names on the back of their shirts with a message from BLM. The league, which is set to restart with two games on Wednesday June 17, will see the names replaced for the first 12 matches of the season. NBC Sports will…

The English Premier League is set to return next month with a huge increase in the number of games screened on television expected. The British domestic football league gave the greenlight to return, known as Project Restart, at a shareholders meeting. It means that Liverpool looks set to be crowned champion – their…

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Amazon has scored record sign up for its Prime service after "millions" of Brits watched the company dip its toe into Premier League soccer. The company has claimed that its inaugural Premier League matches, which were aired across three nights this week, helped set records for the most new sign-ups since it launched…

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…