08 Jun 2005
Tim Vine, press officer to sports minister Richard Caborn, is to become the Premier League's head
17 Aug 2005
| by by Staff
The FA Premier League has lost its second senior marketer in as many weeks with the departure...Philpotts, the former head of marketing at the Football League and an ex-brand director at Newcastle United, has relocated to the North-West, although it is unclear if he has another job lined up. He joined the FAPL in 2001.
His exit leaves the marketing team rudderless, after commercial director ...
21 Oct 2005
| by by Sam Matthews
LONDON – The Premier League has until Monday to agree on the European Commission's proposed break...the Premier League agreeing to the commissioners "clarifications".
Jonathan Todd European Commission ...
it values the Premier League commitment that each package of rights would be sold individually ...
for the 2007-2010 rights, with the Premier League reportedly agreeing to stick by its December 2003 agreement ...
20 Oct 2006
| by By Ben Bold
Premier League. It replaces the Bank of Scotland, which has sponsored the Scottish Premier League...of the Scottish Commonwealth Games.
More than 27m people have attended Scottish Premier League games since 1998 ...
The agreement was given the seal of approval by the league's 12 clubs at Glasgow's Hampden Park Stadium.
The sponsorship kicks off in July 2007 and represents an investment of £8m over four years ...
27 Sep 2006
| by by Mark Banham
LONDON - Barclays has renewed its title sponsorship of the Premier League in deal worth £65.8m...committing during the 2001 series.
In addition to securing the Premier League global title sponsorship rights, Barclays will also sponsor the Premier League's official pre-season tournament, the Premier ...
Thierry Henry's shirt.
The ad promoted Premier League "Football contracts", which would reward ...
19 Oct 2005
| by by Sam Matthews
LONDON - The Premier League is getting closer to agreeing terms with the European Commission about..., with the Premier League reportedly agreeing to stick by its December 2003 agreement to share the next round of TV ...
attacked the Premier League for "backtracking" on the December 2003 agreement, called the talks "constructive" and said they represent a significant move closer to "an amicable result".
Premier League ...
24 Oct 2005
| by by Ben Bold
LONDON - Sky is to be allowed to buy the rights of over 80% of Premier League football games, in a...rights auction, is believed to have agreed that Premier League rights will be divided into six packages ...
to join forces in attempt to wrest 50% of the Premier League rights from Sky. Satellite TV subscriptions sold on the basis of its Premier League rights are core to Sky's revenues and growing its subscription ...
03 Oct 2005
| by by Staff
battle over the sale of Premier League football rights....smaller clubs out of business.
As it stands, Sky pay £341m to the Premier League for all 138 live games ...
and open the negotiations up to other broadcasters.
The commission has told the Premier League ...
for every package.
The European Commission and the Premier League have been in negotiations about ...
05 May 2006
| by by Gordon MacMillan
LONDON – Irish sports broadcaster Setanta has won two of the Premier League football rights...packages giving the Premier League a combined £1.706bn.
Under a deal struck by the league ...
, chief executive of the Premier League, said: "Setanta is going to be an alternative choice ...
of greater coverage of the Scottish Premier League, we are delighted to be able to add the FA Premier League ...
12 Jul 2005
| by by Sam Matthews
, fuelling speculation that the company may be about to launch a bid for the Premier League Football rights....As it stands, Sky has exclusive rights to the Premier League until 2007, having paid £1.1bn ...
and private equity groups are also looking at possible bid for the Premier League TV rights.
However, all the bidders are left guessing while the European Commission continues discussions with the Premier League ...