Gol TV hangs on to Peru qualifier rights after last-gasp payment
The Peruvian football federation (FPF) has decided not to follow through with its public threat to strip Gol TV of the international rights to Peru’s 2022 Fifa World Cup qualifiers, after the broadcaster finally made an overd…
EFL’s new Sky deal angers ex-Premier League clubs
The English Football League’s decision to sign off on a five-season, £595m (€669m/$765m) deal with pay-television broadcaster Sky has caused deep divisions within its membership. A n
StarTimes keep skin in the Italian game, renewing Coppa Italia rights
African pay-television operator StarTimes has renewed its rights to the Coppa Italia in English, French, Portuguese and indigenous languages
Premier League first to benefit from DAZN’s entry in Spain
Streaming platform DAZN’s impending launch in Spain helped the English Premier League to another great result for its media rights in the country.
DAZN will pay about €23m ($27.2m)
Sport TV removes channels from Nowo and accuses unpaid carriage fees
Portuguese pay-television broadcaster Sport TV has accused telco Nowo of owing significant amounts in carriage fees, days after the broadcaster withdrew its channels from the service
US boxing landscape transformed by new deals, but broadcasters more cautious than advertised
A whirlwind six months for US boxing have seen five major media-rights deals agreed from May to October this year, setting up a four-way battle for supremacy between platforms from 2019 onward
Sony picks up Mzansi Super League rights in India
Sony Pictures Network has acquired media rights in the Indian Subcontinent to the Mzansi Super League, the T20 competition operated by Cricket South Africa
DAZN to launch in Spain from 2019 with MotoGP and English Premier League
Streaming platform DAZN will launch in Spain from 2019 with exclusive pay-television rights to MotoGP and the English Premier League, bringing competition to a market that had become dominated by Telefonica
NBC secures long-term Royal Ascot deal in the US
NBC Sports Group has continued its round of horse racing rights renewals, this time agreeing a six-year deal to show the Royal Ascot meeting in the US
DAZN bids for Sudamericana rights in Latin America after modifying Diez Media deal
A decision on who will broadcast the Copa Sudamericana in Brazil and Latin America is understood to be close, but FC Diez Media won’t be making it.