Thursday 31 January 2019

Eleven Sports ditches Serie A in bid to prevent UK and Ireland closure

  • Service will keep La Liga coverage and drop price
  • Company has also lost Eredivisie rights

Eleven Sports, the self-styled “Netflix for Sports” controlled by the Leeds United owner, Andrea Radrizzani, has saved its UK and Ireland operation from closure after reaching deals to offload the rights to Italy’s Serie A and continue coverage of Spain’s La Liga.

In December, it emerged that the service, which launched last summer, was facing the prospect of shutting its streaming operation in the UK and Ireland after being unable to attract enough subscribers. The company attempted to renegotiate rights deals at a much cheaper rate to try and avoid pulling the plug.

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from Football | The Guardian http://bit.ly/2HCeKnF

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