Eleven Sports
| Ownership | |
|---|---|
| Owner | Andrea Radrizzani Aser |
ELEVEN SPORTS is an award-winning [1] global sports provider. Headquartered in the United Kingdom, it is owned by Andrea Radrizzani's global investment company, Aser.[2] Marc Watson, former CEO of BT TV, is ELEVEN SPORTS Executive Chairman and Group CEO.[3]
ELEVEN SPORTS delivers more than 30,000 LIVE hours of sporting action per year to over 17 million paying customers worldwide in Belgium, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Myanmar, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, Taiwan, United Kingdom and the United States.[4][5]
ELEVEN SPORTS has broadcast rights to several sports properties across it's markets including UEFA Champions League, La Liga, English Premier League, Serie A, Bundesliga, Formula One, NBA, NFL, and UFC.[6]
History
In May 2018, ELEVEN SPORTS secured a three-year deal to broadcast La Liga football matches in the UK and Ireland, which had been previously broadcast on Sky Sports.[7] Two months later, they secured exclusive UK three year deals to screen Serie A matches, previously broadcast by BT Sport,[8] the Eredivisie and the Chinese Super League (both previously televised by Sky Sports) and Sweden's Allsvenskan.[9]
ELEVEN SPORTS UK & Ireland launched with live and exclusive rights to the 2018 PGA Championship golf major.[10] Eleven followed this up by subsequently signing a deal for coverage of six LPGA tour events.[11]
Shortly after the UK launch, ELEVEN SPORTS announced it's arrival in Portugal with rights to La Liga and UEFA Champions League.[12]
Around the same time, ELEVEN SPORTS sold 50% plus one share of its Polish operation to Cyfrowy Polsat for €38 million.[13]
On September 26, 2018 it was announced that ELEVEN SPORTS UK and Ireland partnered with Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and secured 42 live UFC events in 2019, along with 150 hours of UFC original archive programming.[14]
References
- ^ https://satkurier.pl/news/152309/eleven-sports-network-laureatem-sat-kurier-awards-2016.html
- ^ http://aser.com/eleven-sports/
- ^ http://www.sportspromedia.com/from-the-magazine/eleventh-hour-an-interview-with-marc-watson
- ^ http://elevensports.com/
- ^ https://www.ft.com/content/0285a0b6-a6d1-11e8-8ecf-a7ae1beff35b
- ^ http://elevensports.com/
- ^ "La Liga: Eleven Sports gain TV rights from Sky in three-year deal". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
- ^ "Serie A: Eleven Sports gain TV rights from BT in three-year deal". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
- ^ "Eleven Sports scoops up UK Eredivisie and other football rights". a516digital.com. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
- ^ "PGA Championship goes online as Eleven Sports snap up live rights". National Club Golfer. 23 July 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
- ^ "Eleven Sports to broadcast LPGA golf tournaments". Sport-onthebox.com. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
- ^ https://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2018/05/29/eleven-sports-launches-in-portugal/
- ^ https://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2018/05/25/cyfrowy-polsat-buys-into-polands-eleven-sports-network/
- ^ "Eleven Sports secures UK and Ireland rights to UFC". Digital TV Europe. 27 September 2018. Retrieved 27 September 2018.