Genius aims streaming at sport’s long tail, will offer betting rights fees ‘if value there’
Genius Sports, the sports data and technology company, is targeting “underserved” and “long-tail” sports with its new streaming production and betting streaming offering.
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Teleclub secures exclusive Uefa club rights in Switzerland
Swiss pay-TV broadcaster Teleclub has been awarded exclusive rights to Uefa club competitions from 2021-22 to 2023-24 in a deal announced today (Friday)
Mediapro scoops up remaining Ligue 1 rights packages
Mediapro, the production group and media-rights agency, has picked up the two remaining rights packages to France’s Ligue 1 from 2020-21 to 2023-24.
France Télévisions extends ISU figure skating deal to 2023
French public broadcaster France Télévisions has retained its rights to figure skating’s European and World Championships until 2023.
Europa League returns to M6 as French sales process complete
Live action from the Uefa Europa League is to return to the schedules of M6 after the French free-to-air commercial broadcaster acquired a package of rights from 2021-22 to 2023-24
Canal Plus to launch Premier League and Top 14 digital channels
French pay-TV broadcaster Canal Plus is to launch dedicated digital channels to showcase its coverage of the English Premier League and French rugby union’s Top 14.
Germany’s 2. Basketball Bundesliga issues streaming-focused rights tender
The 2. Basketball Bundesliga, the sport’s second tier in Germany, has issued an invitation to tender for broadcast rights in the 2020-21 and 2021-22 seasons.
SportA agrees EHF Euro sublicensing, pens DOSB ‘TV 34’ contract
SportA, the sports rights agency of German public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF, has agreed sublicensing deals for the 2020 men’s European Handball Championship with Discovery-owned sports broadcaster E…
Russia’s Rambler targets Twitch in latest Premier League piracy action
Russia’s Rambler Media Group has secured a court ruling suspending the streaming of English Premier League football games by video platform Twitch, claiming that the Amazon-owned service is infringing u…
Event Rider Masters engages Sunset+Vine in bid for linear TV broadcasters
Equestrian series Event Rider Masters has appointed sports production and media company Sunset+Vine as its global television distribution partner