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Tour de France OTT play in Canada may pave way for more fully-exclusive deals
Tour de France rights-holder Amaury Sport Organisation’s decision to exclusively sell the property in Canada to OTT platform FloSports for the 2020-23 cycle represents an experiment that could lead to similar streaming partnerships in other territories, SportBusiness Media understands.
ESPN and DAZN exchange rights, money in South American Premier League deals
Pan-regional sports broadcaster ESPN is covering all streaming service DAZN’s costs for English Premier League rights in South America and has sublicensed select Premier League coverage in Brazil to the latter in mutually-beneficial deals.
Euroleague secures robust fee rise in Turkey amid booming basketball interest
Euroleague Basketball has capitalised on the sport’s increasing popularity in Turkey to successfully raise the value of the top-tier EuroLeague by over two-thirds in its renewal with pay-television broadcaster Digiturk.
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Lagardère gets Afcon deals done but misses out on major markets
Lagardère Sports has completed 18 free-to-air deals in sub-Saharan Africa for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations, pushing deals over the line with discounted prices and the inclusion of several other tournaments.
Sportfive pays massive increase to renew Caf rights
Sportfive is taking a colossal risk in signing a 12-year, $1bn (€888m) renewal with the Confédération Africaine de Football, according to local experts.
Sales process begins for Copa del Rey broadcast rights in rest of the world
The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) has followed up its Copa del Rey broadcast rights invitation to tender in European Union countries by initiating the sales process in the rest of the world
LFP pulls plug on Coupe de la Ligue given waning TV interest
The board of the French Football League (LFP) has opted to suspend future editions of the Coupe de la Ligue, the French league cup competition, given waning interest among broadcasters for the property
DAZN adds Inter TV to Italian offering
Subscription over-the-top platform DAZN has agreed a deal with Italian Serie A team Inter Milan for the club’s in-house television content to appear online.
DAZN adds Copa Libertadores Femenina to Brazilian rights portfolio
Sports streaming service DAZN has acquired rights in Brazil to the Copa Libertadores Femenina club football competition
Tour de France OTT play in Canada may pave way for more fully-exclusive deals
Tour de France rights-holder Amaury Sport Organisation’s decision to exclusively sell the property in Canada to OTT platform FloSports for the 2020-23 cycle represents an experiment that could lead to similar streaming partnerships in other territories, SportBusiness Media understands.
ESPN and DAZN exchange rights, money in South American Premier League deals
Pan-regional sports broadcaster ESPN is covering all streaming service DAZN’s costs for English Premier League rights in South America and has sublicensed select Premier League coverage in Brazil to the latter in mutually-beneficial deals.
Euroleague secures robust fee rise in Turkey amid booming basketball interest
Euroleague Basketball has capitalised on the sport’s increasing popularity in Turkey to successfully raise the value of the top-tier EuroLeague by over two-thirds in its renewal with pay-television broadcaster Digiturk.
SABC sees sharp fall in rights outlay in PSL sublicense renewal
The South African Broadcasting Corporation secured a steep fall in total outlay in its sublicensing renewal with pay-television broadcaster SuperSport for the country’s top-tier Premier Soccer League.