DFL Digital Sports recruits ex-Sport1 digital chief Hrstic
DFL Digital Sports, the subsidiary of the German Football League (DFL) responsible for the distribution of the Bundesliga’s digital content, has recruited Ivo Hrstic, previously the director of digital o…
GSRM and Stats Perform sign off Brazilian league deals in time for new season
Global Sports Rights Management, the agency set up by Latin American sports rights executives, and Stats Perform, the sports data and technology company, have finalised their media and betting video rights…
Eleven Sports offers free Dutch-language highlights in absence of sublicensing deal
Dutch-language highlights of the first weekend of action from the new Belgian Pro League season were shown free of charge on the league website and by rights-holding broadcaster Eleven Sports after a sublicensing…
Eleven agrees VRT content deal before Pro League kick-off but no Telenet distribution
Flemish public-service broadcaster VRT has tied up a highlights content deal for Belgian football’s top-tier Pro League with Eleven Sports but carriage talks between the subscription broadcaster and t…
Mediapro secures five CEBL deals in APAC region ahead of finals weekend
Five broadcast deals have been agreed in the Asia-Pacific region for the semi-finals and final of the 2020 Canadian Elite Basketball League Summer Series tournament
Sky and NBCUniversal team up on new F1 docuseries
Pay-television broadcaster Sky is to show exclusive UK coverage of a new seven-part Formula 1 documentary series as part of a tie-up with the premier motor racing property and NBCUniversal Global Distribution,…
Globo bids to end Libertadores contract, makes legal move before Brasileirão kick-off
Brazilian commercial broadcaster Globo has requested the termination of its rights contract for South American football’s top-tier Copa Libertadores competition.
Super League Triathlon lands widespread TV distribution for SLT Arena Games
SLT Arena Games, the new triathlon event that amalgamates real-life and virtual racing, has secured broadcast coverage in 135 territories
Beltelecom retains Belarusian ice hockey broadcast rights
Belarusian telecoms operator Beltelecom has retained broadcast rights to the country’s top-tier ice hockey league in a new agreement with the Belarusian Ice Hockey Association (BIHA).
K League nets free-to-view exposure on OneFootball in five major markets
Football media platform OneFootball is to broadcast free coverage of Korea’s K League to users in France, Italy, Spain, the UK and Brazil in a deal with Sportradar, the agency that was last year appointed t…