BT Sport adds NHL coverage ‘to increase UK awareness’
Ice hockey’s National Hockey League is now receiving additional exposure in the UK after pay-TV broadcaster BT Sport picked up rights to two matches per week.
Betting operators offer to cede FA Cup streaming exclusivity in ongoing row
The seven betting companies that acquired FA Cup streaming rights in the UK from the IMG agency have expressed their willingness for matches to be streamed free of charge elsewhere
Premier League invites six-year Nordics rights bids in landmark European move
Broadcasters in the Nordic region have been invited to bid for English Premier League rights over six seasons, from 2022-23 to 2027-28, as well as across the hitherto standard length of three seasons,…
Team invites Maltese bids for Uefa club competition media rights
Malta has become the latest country in which the Team Marketing agency is inviting offers for broadcast rights to the Uefa Champions League, Europa League and Europa Conference League from 2021-22 to 2023-24
FA to review betting rights strategy amid criticism of Bet365 coverage
The English Football Association has said it will review its strategy on the sale of betting streaming rights to the FA Cup when its existing six-year agreement with the IMG agency expires at the end of…
BeIN wins French pay-TV rights to all Euro 2020 matches
Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has landed rights to all 51 matches, including 28 of them exclusively, to this summer’s Euro 2020 football championship.
Germany’s ProSieben Maxx posts NFL playoff viewing record
ProSieben Maxx, the German commercial free-to-air channel, has registered its highest-ever target market viewing share for an NFL playoff match beginning at 7.05pm (CET)
Cyfrowy Polsat handed hefty €8m fine in ARD-ZDF Euro 2016 probe
Cyfrowy Polsat, the Polish pay-television operator, has been issued with a fine of PLN34.9m (€8.1m/$9.1
TV2 picks up rights to Haaland’s Dortmund debut
Norwegian commercial broadcaster TV2 has acquired exclusive rights to a trio of friendly matches featuring Borussia Dortmund as Norway’s star striker Erling Braut Haaland prepares to make his debut for t…
Comcast ‘in exclusive negotiations’ to acquire Xumo OTT service
Comcast is reported to be in advanced negotiations to acquire Xumo, the free, ad-supported streaming service as the US-based cable giant considers ways to ramp up its over-the-top offerings