Court documents detail DAZN’s acrimonious exit from FC Diez Media
The documents show that multi-platform broadcaster DAZN was due cash and rights fee relief from IMG in return for its 50-per-cent stake in the special purpose joint venture.
Conmebol lost out on $43.5m after ‘surprising’ Globo, DAZN deal cancellations
South America’s football governing body, Conmebol, has announced it lost out on $43.45m (€36.7m)
XFC agrees deal with Fight Nation in France, launches streaming platform
Mixed martial arts promotion Xtreme Fighting Championships has struck its first-ever media-rights deal in France with pay-television broadcaster Fight Nation, beginning this weekend with XFC: Young Guns…
France Télévisions attracts 7m peak audience for Six Nations drama
French public-service broadcaster France Télévisions benefitted from late drama during the France versus Wales Six Nations match on Saturday evening, attracting a peak audience of just over 7 million v…
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MIXED MARTIAL ARTS: UFC investment in China begins to pay off with Migu deal
ICE HOCKEY: Landmark NHL deal amplifies strategic shift for ESPN, Disney
Colombian league close to settlement ending international rights deal with Prudent
Dimayor, Colombian club football’s administrative body, is close to agreeing a settlement to extricate itself from its wide-ranging 11-year international commercial rights deal with the Prudent investment fund.
BeIN returns as home of Super League in France after year-long hiatus
Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has agreed a deal with rights-holder Sky to resume its French coverage of the Super League, the top tier of rugby league in the UK
Virgin Media adds Top Rank, Premier Boxing Champions events via FITE PPV deal
UK telco Virgin Media has agreed a carriage deal with pay-per-view platform Fite, giving its pay-television subscribers access to Top Rank, Premier Boxing Champions and All-Elite Wrestling events that…
BT shores up cricket content ahead of crucial Cricket Australia tender
UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport has taken advantage of Sky’s reduced appetite for international cricket board rights, securing deals with Cricket West Indies and New Zealand Cricket by committing to pay for each board’s entire available inventory.
Multimedia Group acquires free-to-air Euro 2020 rights in Ghana
Ghana's Multimedia Group has acquired free-to-air television and radio rights in the country to Uefa Euro 2020, which will be played across June and July this year