DFL braces itself for challenging tender process
Amid unfavourable market positions, numerous sources in the German market have told SportBusiness Media that the DFL will do well to match its current rights revenues from 2025-26 onwards.
Free-to-air networks reject telco’s Basketball World Cup sub-licensing talks
Deutsche Telekom's offer to negotiate with free-to-air linear broadcasters in Germany over a sub-licensing rights deal for the ongoing Fiba Basketball World Cup appears to have fallen on deaf ears
FanCode gets exclusive Indian streaming rights to RWC
Online sports streaming platform FanCode has announced it has exclusive streaming rights in India to the upcoming Rugby World Cup 2023
Serie A pirate sites targeted as regulator uses new fast blocking powers
The renewed clampdown against piracy in Italian football has commenced, with l'Autorità per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni (AGCOM), the country's regulator and competition authority for the communications …
Lopez, Full Play have convictions thrown out in football bribery case
Hernan Lopez, the former chief executive at Fox International Channels, and the Full Play agency have had their convictions for attempting to bribe football officials in exchange for lucrative broadcasting…
College sports overhaul continues as ACC snares more Pac-12 schools
The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) today (Friday) voted to add three schools to its league, including two more from the beleaguered rival Pac-12 which looks destined to fold in 2024
MySports’ Romandie head Burkhalter returning to Blue
Alex Burkhalter, the head of French-speaking Switzerland (Romandie) at pay-television broadcaster MySports, is to leave the company at the end of the year and return to rival Blue Sport
Viaplay’s Danish boss targets Champions League as key ‘growth driver’
Fresh off the back of retaining Danish Superliga rights, Viaplay has set its sights on keeping the Uefa Champions League on its screens in Denmark as it plots a path back to profitability
Viacom18 strengthens grip on Indian cricket with BCCI linear, digital rights
Media group Viacom18 has strengthened its position as the home of Indian cricket, after today (Thursday) acquiring exclusive linear and digital rights to the national team’s bilateral matches.
K-1, Quintet combine forces with global DAZN rights deal
K-1, the professional kickboxing promotion, and Quintet, the Japanese submission grappling promotion, have teamed up on a capital and business alliance aimed at global expansion