Eleven Sports’ deal for Foggia and Palermo rights finally sanctioned
The Serie D league matches of fallen Italian clubs Foggia and Palermo will be shown in Italy by subscription broadcaster Eleven Sports after an exclusive rights agreement was finally approved
IMG Replay’s Dobbs follows Kay as SNTV managing director
SNTV, the joint venture sports video news agency, has named James Dobbs as its new managing director
Thai mobile operator lands Olympics rights in Plan B Media deal
Thai telecoms operator Advanced Info Service (AIS) has secured broadcast rights to the 2020 summer Olympics in Tokyo in a deal struck with Thai agency Plan B Media
Scotland’s STV signs carriage and ad sales deal with Premier Sports
Scottish commercial broadcaster STV has added FreeSports, the free-to-air sister channel of Premier Sports, to its OTT platform, allowing it show live games from the top-tier football leagues in Italy,…
Tennis returns to TF1 in Davis Cup Finals deal
Live free-to-air coverage of France’s games at the new Davis Cup Finals will be shown by TF1 after the French commercial broadcaster announced a rights agreement.
Sky Mexico and Nent WSL deals deliver ‘six-figure’ revenue
Sky Mexico, the pay-TV broadcaster, has acquired rights to England’s Women’s Super League in a three-year deal.
France Télévisions retains Top 14 final rights
The final of rugby union’s Top 14 will continue to receive free-to-air coverage on France Télévisions after the public broadcaster struck a new rights agreement with the Ligue Nationale de Rugby, operator of …
Endeavor reports $2.05bn in H1 revenues as IMG football rights deals take effect
Endeavor, the talent agency and sports and entertainment group that owns IMG, has reported first-half revenues of $2.05bn (€1.8
BeIN snub hits French women’s handball league exposure
The French women’s handball league begins today (Wednesday) without a production or domestic broadcast rights agreement in place for regular-season games after pay-TV broadcaster beIN Sports opted against e…
German Basketball Federation wants ARD-ZDF to boost FIBA World Cup exposure
The president of the German Basketball Federation (DBB) has called on German public broadcasters ARD and ZDF to negotiate a rights agreement that ensures the closing stages of the forthcoming FIBA Basketball…