Sports Broadcasting Rights in the European Union – A Game Changer?
By Richard Penfold
Sports rights holders, professional sports teams, TV broadcasters and their legal advisors will be considering the possible impact to the value of their rights after the judgment of the EU's highest court, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) on 4 October 2011, on claims brought by the Football Association Premier League (FAPL).
FAPL runs the Premier League (PL), the leading professional soccer league competition in England, which is the most widely watched sporti