Portuguese FA challenger queries league rights centralisation target
Nuno Lobo, a candidate for the presidency of the Portuguese FA, has described the move to centralisation of media rights in the top division as "essential" but questioned the lofty €300m per year financial targets being set by the league.
India’s Sony, Viacom18 share season two of Major League Cricket
Major League Cricket, the nascent US-based Twenty20 tournament, has secured separate television and streaming rights deals in India for the second season, which got under way on July 5
Bundesliga returns to Eleven in Poland amid Viaplay retreat
Viaplay's impending exit from Poland as part of a wider international retrenchment will result in a new Bundesliga broadcaster in the country as rights return to Eleven Sports.
Disney’s Dutch sports rights buyer Sturkenboom joins RTL
Marloes Sturkenboom, an experienced sports rights-buying executive in the Netherlands, has joined commercial broadcaster RTL Nederland as manager of content acquisitions
Skogeng named CCO of Viaplay Norway
Viaplay Group, the Nordic media giant, has named Rune Skogeng as chief commercial officer of its Norway division.
Skokeng will be responsible for commercial partnerships, distribution and direct customers
TKO buys into EverPass as NFL Sunday Ticket streamed in bars
The National Football League's domestic out-of-market Sunday Ticket package will be able to be streamed in US commercial businesses for the first time, after EverPass Media, the media platform of the NFL…
Jones leads Seven’s sport division as Martin ousted in cost cuts
Seven West Media, the Australian commercial broadcaster, has made a host of changes in its sports team following the departure of Lewis Martin, its department head
French TV rights on market at opportune time for NBA
A landmark draft looks set to pay financial dividends for the NBA as it closes in on a new media rights deal in France, which is fast becoming one of its most important international markets.
Mega TV consolidates position as Greece’s Champions League FTA home
The Uefa Champions League will continue to get a weekly free-to-air window in Greece, after commercial broadcaster Mega TV sub-licensed a package of rights from pay-television's Cosmote TV
New Esports World Cup gets free global exposure on DAZN
The Esports World Cup (EWC), taking place in Saudi Arabia over the next eight weeks, is the latest global offering to be added to the DAZN platform