Sports Media Rights in the Age of Streaming and Platformisation

Against a backdrop of increased online distribution of media, this book provides an in-depth analysis of how the platformisation of television is both shaping and being shaped by the changing sports media market.

Tom Evens is Associate Professor of Media Industries at Ghent University, Belgium and a senior researcher at imec-mict. He specialises on the political economy of digital media markets. He is the author of The Political Economy of Television Sports Rights (2013, with Petros Iosifidis and Paul Smith) and Platform Power and Policy in Transforming Television Markets (2018, with Karen Donders). Paul Smith is Associate Professor of Media and Communication at the Leicester Media School, De Montfort University, Leicester, United Kingdom. He has published widely on sports rights, including a previous book (with Petros Iosifidis and Tom Evens): The Political Economy of Television Sports Rights (Palgrave, 2013). He is also author (with Vincent Campbell) of The British Media Industries: An Introduction (Routledge, 2023).

List of Boxes List of Illustrations List of Tables Introduction Part 1: Change and Continuity in the Sports Media Rights Market Chapter 1: The Platformisation of Sports Media Rights Chapter 2: The Sports Media Rights Market: Economics and History Part 2: The Platformisation of Sports Rights Chapter 3: Commercial Media Organisations Chapter 4: Public Service Media Organisations Chapter 5: Sports Organisations Part 3: The Regulation of Sports Rights Chapter 6: Copyright Law and Piracy Chapter 7: Competition Issues Chapter 8: Major Events Legislation Conclusion Index