Eurosport lands Portuguese Primeira Liga rights in Spain
Discovery-owned pan-European sports broadcaster Eurosport will broadcast two matches per week from the Portuguese Primeira Liga until the end of the 2019-20 season
Bolivian league tender set to continue despite concrete offer from Bolivar president
The Bolivian Football Association’s (FBF) general director Freddy Téllez has said that the invitation to tender for the nation’s top tier of domestic football will continue, despite a concrete offer havi…
BT distances itself from Joshua-Fury fight in wake of Kinahan involvement
UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport has said that it is not currently involved in discussions about broadcasting the proposed Anthony Joshua-Tyson Fury fights amid controversy over the involvement of…
EXCLUSIVE: SuperSport agrees three-year F1 rights renewal
Sub-Saharan African pay-television broadcaster SuperSport will broadcast Formula One motor racing until 2022 after agreeing a three-year renewal with the sport’s commercial arm, Formula One Management, S…
Tebas: Any LaLiga rights fee compensation talks to wait to end of season
Javier Tebas, the president of LaLiga, has said that broadcasters of the top two divisions of Spanish football will have to wait until the end of season before talks are held about compensation claims…
ESPN and Eurosport among broadcasters for virtual Le Mans 24-hour
International sports broadcaster ESPN and Discovery-owned sports broadcaster Eurosport lead a cohort of broadcasters who will broadcast the first-ever virtual 24 Hours of Le Mans race
BeIN tests Mena appetite for IndyCar with one-year deal
BeIN Sports’ acquisition of IndyCar rights across the Middle East and North Africa is for just one year, a move designed to see if the property’s fanbase in the region remains after a year without a broadcast deal.
Bolivian clubs mull $100m 10-year media-rights offer from Bolivar president
The 14 Bolivian Primera Divisíon sides are weighing up whether to accept a 10-year media-rights proposal worth $100m (€88.7m
Globo ‘ordered to pay costs’ in Brazilian aquatics federation rights spat
Brazilian media group Globo has been ordered to pay costs totalling R$177,400 ($34,500/€30,500) to the Brazilian Confederation of Water Sports (CBDA) as the payment dispute between the two parties intensified.
WWE strengthens Saudi ties with hire of OSN’s Al-Mashhadi
World Wrestling Entertainment has named Bandar Al-Mashhadi as its new vice-president and general manager in the Middle East and North Africa region, replacing the incumbent Carlo Nohra