The Saudi Pro League (SPL), Saudi Arabia’s main league competition, has been aided to obtain broadcast agreements with many networks and streaming platforms that will show the competition throughout different areas of the world by London-based IMG Media, a worldwide sports and entertainment management business.
More than 130 locations have signed on to the agreements, including notable deals like the “landmark” agreement with DAZN spanning a number of areas like Austria, Belgium, Canada, Germany, and the UK. Sport TV in Portugal, La 7 in Italy, Marca.com in Spain, and Canal+ in France are some further important agreements. IMG will be in charge of producing the live worldwide broadcast for the start of the 2019 Saudi Pro League season, replete with enticing visuals and knowledgeable English commentary.
Here is a complete list of the agreements the Saudi Pro League, with the help of IMG Media, struck with broadcasters, along with the territories that each broadcaster covered:
French and French overseas territories’ Canal+
DAZN (Germany, Belgium, Austria, the UK, and Canada)
Greece’s Cosmote
(Italy) La7
Spain’s Marca.com
Portugal’s Sport TV
Supersport (Albania and Kosovo)
Romania’s Prima Sports
(Indian) Sony Network
(Ghana and Nigeria) Sporty TV
SPO TV (Japan, Korea, and Southeast Asia)
Australia’s Network Ten
Al-Ahli Saudi and Al-Hazm will play each other in the season premiere of the new Saudi Pro League on Friday. As some of the game’s finest players prepare to make their debuts for their new Saudi teams, fans eagerly anticipate this season. The signing of Ronaldo to Al-Nassr sparked interest in the SPL. Since then, a number of A-list athletes, such as Karim Benzema, Roberto Firmino, Ruben Neves, Sergei Milinkovic-Savic, etc., have joined various teams that take part in the competition.
The fact that IMG Media arranged broadcast agreements for the Saudi Pro League is another sign of the league’s promoters’ ambitious plans to draw more attention to and support for the competition. The Saudi football establishment also seeks to challenge the dominance of European leagues and clubs on a highly slanted playing field by securing broadcast agreements covering more than 100 countries and obtaining A-list players.
