Uefa’s new Champions League rights deals and F1’s rising value in the US

SportsPro chief executive Nick Meacham and community lead Chris Stone return to review some of the past week’s major stories in sports media.

After Uefa announced new broadcast deals in some of its key markets for the next Champions League commercial cycle, the pair assess the implications of the governing body’s agreements in the UK with Amazon, BT Sport and the BBC.

In addition, they consider Formula One’s rising value in the US after reports emerged of a three-year media rights extension with ESPN worth as much as US$90 million a year, a figure driven by competition from the likes of Amazon, Netflix and Comcast.

The episode also covers YouTube’s future areas of focus, how Netflix’s adoption of AVOD could impact sport, and the addition of Fifa+ to connected TVs.