Amazon retains Champions League package in Italy, Sky ‘closes in on remainder’
Online retail giant Amazon has retained its package of broadcast rights in Italy to first-pick Wednesday evening matches from the Uefa Champions League in a new deal covering the 2024-27 cycle
LaLiga’s OTT service in China ceases broadcasts
LaLiga Plus, the OTT streaming service set up in China by the organising body of the top two Spanish football leagues, is ceasing broadcasts just over six months into a long-term agreement with the Chinese…
LaLiga joins Netflix docuseries wave in Spanish first
LaLiga has become the latest leading sports rights-holder to turn to Netflix to create a documentary series
Super League returns to L’Équipe in France
L'Équipe has acquired broadcast rights in France to rugby league’s Super League during the 2023 season.
World Cup pushes Fifa towards $3bn in broadcast revenue in 2022
Fifa generated broadcast income of $2.96bn (€2.77bn) in 2022, fuelled by media rights deals for the World Cup in Qatar and reflective of just over half of the governing body’s total revenue for the year.
LTA renews content production tie-up with Whisper, Little Dot Sport
UK-based sports production company Whisper and digital content agency Little Dot Sport have been retained by the Lawn Tennis Association in content production roles
Ex-Eurosport advertising lead Davies joins SRI in North American role
Jonathan Davies, previously the head of advertising partnerships across Europe for Eurosport and owner Discovery, has joined SRI, the sports executive recruitment firm, as its partner, media and entertainment,…
Free-to-air Super Bowl audience in Germany dips as Chiefs edge thriller
The German free-to-air television audience for Sunday night’s Super Bowl LVII was down markedly on the last two editions of the NFL showpiece as commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1
Serie A domestic rights extensions with DAZN, Sky possible after senate approval
The Italian senate has approved legislation that would allow Italy’s Lega Serie A to extend its existing domestic broadcast rights deals with DAZN and Sky Italia for two more seasons, pending approval f…
Sky cements position in Austria with Uefa Europa League, Conference League deal
Sky has doubled down on its future coverage of Uefa club competitions in Austria after securing a wide-ranging allocation of Uefa Europa League and Europa Conference League rights from 2024-25 to 2026-27