Sports Rights Owners Coalition Re-Elects Mark Lichtenhein as Chairman

The Sports Rights Owners Coalition (SROC) has re-elected its current Chairman, Mark Lichtenhein, for a second 2-year term.

Lichtenhein, former Head of Television and Digital Media for golf’s European Tour and Ryder Cup, will lead SROC’s intervention and activities across a wide range of Intellectual Property issues, with a particular current focus on the European Commission’s Digital Single Market (DSM) proposals.

Speaking after SROC’s December meeting in London, Lichtenhein said: “It is an honour and privilege to continue chairing the Coalition at such a pivotal moment in time for sports’ audio-visual rights.

“We have been engaged with the European Commission for over a year now on their DSM proposals.

“And whilst we are delighted with the Commission’s recent confirmation that the concept of territorial licensing will be upheld in the Digital Single Market, we remain concerned that pan-European licensing may still be a consequence of the overall DSM approach, to the detriment of sports fans across Europe.”