• BeIN Media Group CEO says ‘media rights bubble’ set to burst • ‘The truth is that our industry is completely unprepared’Revenues for Premier League clubs such as Watford and Bournemouth will fall off a cliff unless online piracy is faced down, the world’s largest investor in TV rights has warned. “The glorious media rights bubble is about to burst,” he warned. World's football bodies urge Saudi Arabia to stop pirate TV service Read more“If you look at Premier League clubs, if you take Watford or Bournemouth, 88% or 90% revenue comes from broadcast revenues. He said that 50% of fans in the UK had accessed Premier League streams – with a third not even knowing it was illegal. “BeoutQ stole every single match in the Uefa Champions League for two years straight; every single match in the 2018 Fifa men’s World Cup and the 2019 Women’s World Cup; almost every single major football league game in Europe.

Source: The Guardian October 08, 2019 15:56 UTC