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Sports Rights Owners' Coalition

Business / industry · Cross-sector / other · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, Sports Rights Owners' Coalition appears in 14 declared MEP meetings (13 different MEPs), most often with Socialists & Democrats.

14
declared meetings
with current MEPs
13
MEPs met
€100,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
1.5
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“The Sports Rights Owners Coalition (“SROC”) is a forum of over 50 international and national sports bodies and competition organisers with a particular focus on rights issues. The income generated by selling rights makes possible the reinvestment into grassroots. SROC's aims are: •to enable dialogue and sharing of best practices on key legal, political and regulatory issue •to raise awareness…”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 14 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Socialists & Democrats643%
Renew Europe429%
European People's Party321%
European Conservatives & Reformists17%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2024–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (6 in 2024).

2024
6
2025
5
2026
3

Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.

The MEPs they meet most

Hannes Heide
2 meetings · S&D
Ilhan Kyuchyuk
1 meeting · Renew
Laurence Farreng
1 meeting · Renew
Nikolina Brnjac
1 meeting · EPP

The 14 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
16 Jul 2026Ilhan KyuchyukOnline piracy
10 Jul 2026Victor NegrescuSport, regulation and social responsibility
24 Mar 2026Lara MagoniOnline piracy of live events
18 Nov 2025Hannes HeideExchange of views on sports policy
20 Mar 2025Seán KellyProtection of sporting rights, piracy prevention
18 Mar 2025Bogdan Andrzej ZdrojewskiStakeholder dialogue on The role of EU policies in shaping the European Sport Model
17 Feb 2025Hristo PetrovIntroductory Meeting
15 Jan 2025Sabrina ReppEU sports legislation
11 Dec 2024Laurence FarrengModèle sportif européen et droits sportifs
10 Dec 2024Hannes HeideExchange of views on sport and media policy
10 Dec 2024Nikolina BrnjacSports Piracy in the EU
26 Sep 2024Sandro Ruotolo2024-2029 priorities for sports rights owners
26 Sep 2024Pierfrancesco MaranGeo-blocking
3 Sep 2024Nikola MinchevCongratulations and best wishes for your new mandate

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