Australian Professional Leagues acquires AFC rights
Australian Professional Leagues (APL) has secured exclusive rights to club competitions of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), the governing body of Asian football, for the 2021-24 cycle
RTVE nets free-to-air Fifa World Cup rights
Spanish public broadcaster RTVE has secured free-to-air rights from the Mediapro agency to show matches from the 2022 Fifa World Cup
Kenya’s KBC secures Commonwealth Games rights in TVMS deal
Kenyan state broadcaster KBC will be the exclusive free-to-air broadcaster for the 2022 Commonwealth Games, to be held in Birmingham from July 28 to August 8
SBS retains Australian Superbike Championship free-to-air rights
Australian public-service broadcaster SBS has retained free-to-air rights to show the 2022 season of the Australian Superbike Championship (ASBK)
Griffith to head rights acquisitions for Star Sports
Harry Griffith, head of global syndication and sales at Star Sports, will now also lead rights acquisitions and head up the pay-television broadcaster’s relationships with leading cricket bodies.
Telefónica and DAZN ‘close’ to deal for LaLiga matches
Telco Telefónica is close to clinching a sublicensing deal with OTT subscription broadcaster DAZN for its five weekly LaLiga matches from next season, it has been reported.
Lack of competition drives Serie A fees down in Iberia
Telefonica and Sport TV renewed their Serie A deals in Spain and Portugal at reduced rates, benefitting from rival broadcasters focusing attention elsewhere.
Nascar seals Fox Sports Mexico, Bandeirantes rights deals
US stock car racing series Nascar has sealed rights agreements with pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports Mexico and Brazilian media group Bandeirantes until 2024
1190 Sports secures Campeonato Paulista international rights
1190 Sports, the international broadcast rights-holder to Brazil’s top two football leagues, has secured international broadcast rights to the Campeonato Paulista Brazilian state championship until 2025.
Sony renews 2022 Asian Games deal at flat rate
Pay-television broadcaster Sony Pictures Networks has renewed exclusive rights to the 2022 Asian Games across the Indian subcontinent at around the same fee as it paid for the previous two editions.