Some interesting developments have been seen in the football media rights sector, which was already under severe growth pressure. In such a situation, some strategic steps which seems to suggest that the planners are redrawing the course of action.  In this blog, we look in the media rights status of European club level football and understand the redrawn strategy by sports properties to keep media rights revenue as important as before. 

The explosion of sports content consumption has led to the clubs, leagues, athletes producing content like never before. The business of sports content has evolved as a very strategic tool for the club. And this requires a clear content strategy. In this blog, we delve on the equation between content demand and supply along with the need of a sound content strategy. 

The world of sports is now as global as it is local allowing the fan to know about every sporting or non-sporting developments of their favourite player or club. Sports is now a 24/7 business. This blog looks at the rapidly changing nature of sports media consumption in modern day.

Within one month of its launch, Ligue 1+, the brand name of the newly launched direct-to-consumer (DTC) service platform, surpassed 1 million subscribers mark which is very commendable considering DAZN struggled to get more than 600K subscribers it is 24/25 season. Even more commendable is the fact that 72% of users were committing to a full-season package. In this blog we look at the various aspects of the Ligue 1 media rights status and the reliance on broadcast income for clubs and the most important question, what next?