England semi-final defeat peaks at 8.7m to give ITV biggest audience of year
ITV, the UK commercial broadcaster, recorded its biggest audience of 2023, as 8.7 million people tuned into watch the closing stages of England's dramatic defeat to South Africa in the Rugby World Cup semi-final.
Hungary’s Network4 goes early with Bundesliga renewal to 2029
Hungarian media group Network4 has struck an early extension of its exclusive Bundesliga broadcast contract, tying up rights to the top German league until the end of the 2028-29 season
Uefa club competition rights hit Canadian market
Broadcast rights are on the market in Canada for Uefa club competitions across the 2024-27 cycle
EMedia takes MultiChoice sublicensing complaint to competition watchdog
South Africa's eMedia Investments has taken its complaint against the terms of pay-television operator MultiChoice’s sublicensing deals for the cricket and rugby union World Cups to the country's Competition C…
PFL eyes profitability by 2025, targets top fighters to fuel PPV
The Professional Fighters League (PFL) expects to be profitable by 2025, off the back of its Saudi investment that will fund the acquisition of top fighters and staging of showpiece events that in turn…
Belgian Pro League hires IMG to advise on media rights sales
IMG has been appointed by the Belgian Pro League in a wide-ranging advisory and media rights sales role
IMG’s Kelly: Production must adapt to TikTok generation
Rights-owners have been urged to reconsider how their content is being presented and consumed, in a bid to better engage a newer, younger audience
No suitable offers for Ligue 1 rights as LFP Media plans direct talks
France’s Professional Football League (LFP) announced today (Tuesday) that it received no offers meeting its ambitious reserve prices for the two main packages of live Ligue 1 rights, with private negotiations n…
Chibani’s MMS partners with Ivorian group for CAF qualifying rights to 2026 World Cup
Free-to-air media rights in sub-Saharan Africa to the Confederation of African Football’s new-look qualifying competition for the 2026 Fifa World Cup have been sold to Marketing & Media Solutions (MMS), a…
Netflix to debut live sports streaming with special F1-PGA Tour match play event
Netflix is to venture into live sports streaming for the first time next month, when the stars of two of its popular sport docuseries compete in The Netflix Cup