Eleven Sports
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| founding | 2015 |
| Seat | London |
| management | Andrea Razziani |
| Branch | Media company |
Eleven Sports is a multinational group of sports television channels. The UK- based company is owned by Andrea Radrizzani, managing director of the sports marketing agency MP & Silva and The Channel Company.
Eleven Sports' business model primarily focuses on acquiring important international sports rights in smaller countries. The company operates linear television and / or digital services in Belgium , Italy , Luxembourg , Poland , Portugal , Singapore , Taiwan and the United States .
history
In February 2016, Eleven Sports acquired the Polish rights to Formula 1 . In July 2016, the company acquired the rights to the English Premier League in Taiwan. The two rights were marketed by Radrizzani's sister company MP & Silva. On March 16, 2017, Eleven Sports announced that it had acquired “certain distribution goods” from the young US international sports broadcaster One World Sports, which had been replaced by a US version of Eleven Sports Network prior to the announcement. Financial details of the sale were not disclosed.
In May 2017, Eleven Sports acquired the majority of the Italian provider Sportube, which was renamed in September. From 2018 pay-per-view events such as the Italian soccer series C and the Italian women's volleyball championship will be offered, but also free events for registered users such as Italian water polo games and selected group games of the UEFA Nations League .
On January 18, 2018, Eleven Sports announced that it would partner with the NBA G-League to exclusively broadcast the G-League basketball games.
In May 2018, Eleven Sports entered into a three-year contract to broadcast La Liga football matches in the UK and Ireland that were previously broadcast on Sky Sports . Two months later, a three-year contract followed for Serie A games in Great Britain, which were previously broadcast by BT Sport, as well as for games in the Eredivisie and the Chinese Super League (both previously broadcast by Sky Sports) and the Swedish Allsvenskan . In January 2019, Eleven Sports gave up its Serie A and Eredivisie rights and passed them on to Premier Sports. Premier Sports also got the rights to the Chinese Super League and the Swedish Allsvenskan, Eleven remained alone with the exclusive rights to La Liga, Segunda División , Copa del Rey and Supercopa until at least the end of the season.
In 2018, Eleven Sports started its service in Myanmar under the My Sports brand , which broadcasts all broadcasts of the Myanmar national team, U-23, U-21 and U-18, as well as the rights to the Myanmar National League , General Aung San Shield, Serie A, FA Cup and the Chinese Super League owns. It also partnered with MRTV-4, Channel 7, MRTV, Mizzima TV and Fortune TV to broadcast soccer games on My Sports.
In March 2020, Eleven Sports acquired the broadcasting rights for all matches of the Belgian Division 1A and 1B as well as the Belgian Cup from the 2020/21 season to the 2024/25 season inclusive.
channels
- Eleven Sports Network (United States)
- Eleven Sports UK and Ireland
- Eleven Sports (Portugal)
Web links
- official website (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Mike Farrell: Eleven Sports Buys One World Assets. Accessed August 25, 2019 .
- ↑ Jason Dachman, Chief Editor: SVG Sit-Down: Eleven Sports Managing Director Danny Menken on the launch of America's Newest Sports Network. Accessed August 25, 2019 .
- ^ Sam Amick: NBA's G League announces broadcast partnership with Eleven Sports. Accessed August 25, 2019 .
- ^ La Liga: Eleven Sports gain TV rights from Sky in three-year deal . May 2, 2018 ( bbc.com [accessed August 25, 2019]).
- ↑ Series A: Eleven Sports gain TV rights from BT in three-year deal . July 13, 2018 ( bbc.com [accessed August 25, 2019]).
- ↑ Eleven Sports expands with Eredivisie and other football rights. In: a516digital. Retrieved August 25, 2019 .
- ^ Eleven Sports to lose some football rights; Premier Sports steps in. In: a516digital. Retrieved August 25, 2019 .
- ^ Eleven Sports to launch service in Myanmar. June 22, 2018, accessed August 25, 2019 .
- ^ Bruno Verscheure: Attribution définitive et collective des droits médias 2020-2025 de la Pro League à Eleven Sports. In: sport.be. Pro League, March 18, 2020, accessed April 6, 2020 (French).