News Details

Liberty Media has lost one of F1's biggest television deals

Liberty Media's reign over Formula 1 has suffered another damaging blow after losing a rights deal in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) with broadcast giants beIN Sports. According to analysts the deal made up as much as 7 per cent of all of F1's broadcast revenue. BeIN has walked away from F1 over a lack of action taken over piracy in the region, particularly by the Saudi-based beoutQ. Pirated sports overage has been an issue for broadcasters for some time, especially in football, but the issue is not uncommon in F1 circles. Liberty released a statement in June after it became apparent that beoutQ had started airing races for free, saying: "Formula 1 takes intellectual property...
Full Story »
6y ago from GPFans.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Canadian GP promoter lifts lid on Liberty Media row

Canadian Grand Prix promoter Francois Dumontier insists there is "no...
6y ago from GPFans.com

Formula 1 takeover ‘underestimated’ by Liberty...

Red Bull boss Christian Horner believes that current Formula 1 owners...
6y ago from GPBlog.com

Promoter Dumontier plays down any issue between Canada...

Francois Dumontier has played down any talk of ‘animosity’...
6y ago from GPBlog.com

New five-year deal for Azerbaijan Grand Prix confirmed

Formula 1 and Liberty Media's chairman Chase Carey has revealed that a...
6y ago from GPFans.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Marc Márquez reigns supreme in Austria with...

t;li>Marc Márquez takes 142-point lead over brother AlexWins sixth GP...
19h ago from TheGuardian.com

Marc Marquez makes it six in a row with victory in...

Marc Marquez continued his dominance with a sixth consecutive win,...
22h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Strongest season yet for Pato O’Ward has been...

Pato O’Ward is having the best IndyCar season of his career, and is...

McLaren to auction future F1, IndyCar and WEC cars in...

McLaren is to auction future F1, IndyCar and World Endurance Championship...

Chip Ganassi: ‘We’re spoiled’ having drivers...

Alex Palou clinched the 2025 NTT IndyCar Series title over the weekend,...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

“And they’ve got a chance at top 4” - Demetri...

Former Manchester United defender Demetri Mitchell believes the Red Devils...
1h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Paul Scholes responds with 3-word request after...

Manchester United legend Paul Scholes had a three-word request for his...
42m ago from SportsKeeda.com

“Could solve a lot of problems” - Micah Richards...

Micah Richards has urged Arsenal to further strengthen their attack...
2h ago from SportsKeeda.com

“This is the Premier League, no Portuguese league”...

Arsenal icon Freddie Ljungberg has backed new signing Viktor Gyokeres to...
2h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.