Alex Taylor

Multi-sport

The Mediapro agency is looking to restructure its debt and has applied for state aid as it seeks to secure its future in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic
Football

The president of Saran Group, the Turkey-based media entity, has stated his intention to compete for broadcast rights to the top tier of Turkish football when an invitation to tender is issued later this…
Football

The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) has signed a content partnership with football-based media platform OneFootball
Volleyball

Brazil’s Council for Administrative Defence (Cade), the competition regulator, has opened an investigation into possible anti-competitive practices in media group Globo’s contracts with the Brazilian Vol…
Football

International broadcaster Eleven Sports has successfully decreased its outlay for French Ligue 1 rights in Portugal in a three-season renewal.
Football

Greek pay-television broadcaster Cosmote has increased its outlay 10 per cent to renew its rights to Uefa’s club competitions for the 2021-24 cycle. The increase was driven by a desire to ward off the threat of resurgent pay-television broadcaster Nova.
Football

The Israeli Professional Football League, the country’s top tier of professional football, intends to go direct-to-consumer with a streaming platform after Israeli broadcasters failed to meet the league’s res…
Cycling

Spanish public-service broadcaster RTVE has increased its by expenditure 25 per cent in renewing its rights to the Vuelta a España cycling race for four years from 2021 to 2024.
Tennis

International subscription broadcaster Eleven Sports has acquired exclusive rights to a range of Women’s Tennis Association events for a three-year period until 2023.
Football

Portugal’s Council of Ministers has given the go-ahead to plans centralising the media rights of Portugal’s top two footballing divisions in a key reform.