The Next Big Match: Convergence, Competition and Sports Media Rights

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dc.cclicenceCC-BY-NCen
dc.contributor.authorSmith, Paulen
dc.contributor.authorEvens, Tomen
dc.contributor.authorIosifidis, Petrosen
dc.date.acceptance2016-06-07en
dc.date.accessioned2016-07-28T14:13:18Z
dc.date.available2016-07-28T14:13:18Z
dc.date.issued2016-09-01
dc.description.abstractUsing examples from a number of different European countries, this article analyses the increasingly prominent position of traditional telecommunications companies, such as BT (UK), DT (Germany), France Telecom/Orange (France) and Telefonica (Spain), in the contemporary sports media rights market. The first part of the article examines the commercial strategies of telecommunications operators and highlights how their acquisition of sports rights has been driven by the need to ensure a competitive position within an increasingly converged communications market. The second part of the article then moves on to consider the regulation of the contemporary sports media rights market. Most significantly, this section emphasises the need for further regulatory intervention to ensure that increased competition for sports rights leads to improved services and lower prices for consumers, rather than merely endlessly spiralling fees for the exclusive ownership of premium rights that are then passed on to sports channel and/or broadband subscribers.en
dc.explorer.multimediaNoen
dc.funderN/Aen
dc.identifier.citationSmith, P., Evens, T. and Iosifidis, P. (2016) The Next Big Match: Convergence, Competition and Sports Media Rights. European Journal of Communication, 31 (5), pp. 536-550en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1177/0267323116666479
dc.identifier.issn0267-3231
dc.identifier.issn1460-3705
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2086/12384
dc.language.isoenen
dc.peerreviewedYesen
dc.projectidN/Aen
dc.publisherSageen
dc.researchgroupCinema and Television History Research Centreen
dc.researchinstituteMedia and Communication Research Centre (MCRC)en
dc.researchinstituteCinema and Television History Institute (CATHI)en
dc.subjectsports rightsen
dc.subjectcompetition policyen
dc.subjectpay-TVen
dc.titleThe Next Big Match: Convergence, Competition and Sports Media Rightsen
dc.typeArticleen

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