Welcome to The SportBusiness Podcast, getting you informed on the biggest stories in the global sports industry.
This week, Frank Dunne and Martin Ross shine the spotlight on Uefa rights sales in the 2024-27 cycle, as UC3 works to deliver on promises made in the post-breakaway world; and reflect on the 35-year trajectory of Team’s work that has built the Champions League into the success it is today.
Maria Kholodova takes us to Russia, where the Bundesliga has signed an unusual deal with streaming platform Okko in a newly – and intensely – competitive market, and then we go down under with Faaez Samadi and Jonathan Rest to discuss New Zealand Rugby’s post-Ineos sponsorship sales and finances.
Not only that, we cast our collective eyes over the NBA and NHL finals, the ICC World Test Championship and an odd addition to the Panini sticker collection.
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Host: Catherine Davies
Contributors: Frank Dunne, Martin Ross, Jonathan Rest, Maria Kholodova, Faaez Samadi
Editor: Lumi Lehmuskallio
Sources:
1. Team bows out after 35 years with Champions League uplift
2. Team within touching distance of €750m Uefa sponsor target
3. Team era over as Relevent enters exclusive Uefa talks
4. Bundesliga doubles Russia fee as DFL continues donation policy
5. DAZN sells on Club World Cup to Russia’s Okko
6. Gallagher rounds out NZR post-Ineos kit deals