BeIN acquires rights to Ronaldo’s Al-Nassr bow against PSG
BeIN Media Group has acquired rights in multiple territories to this month’s friendly between Lionel Messi’s Paris Saint-Germain and a Riyadh all-star team including players from Al-Nassr, the Saudi Ara…
Foxtel bags rights ahead of SA20 opener
Foxtel, the Australian pay-TV broadcaster, has doubled down on its commitment to broadcasting South African cricket in a deal to show all 33 matches from the inaugural edition of the new SA20 franchise…
Eleven Sports Poland retains Spanish Super Cup rights
Subscription broadcaster Eleven Sports Poland has retained rights to the Spanish Super Cup for the next three seasons.
The broadcaster announced today (Monday) that it has secured the rights until 2025
Long-serving Barreto leaves DirecTV Latin America
Guillermo Barreto, associate vice-president of sports content programming at DirecTV Latin America, is leaving the pay-TV broadcaster after 23 years
Coupe de France shown in 125 territories in mix of direct and agency-brokered deals
Action from the round-of-64 stage of the Coupe de France this weekend will be aired in 125 territories following deals struck by the French Football Federation (FFF) or intermediary agencies, SportBusiness…
Coppa Italia TV rights deals signed off in Portugal and Switzerland
Lega Serie A has approved the award of Coppa Italia and Supercoppa Italiana broadcast rights in Portugal and Switzerland
Telenet’s Kestens recruited to Eleven Sports Belgium acquisitions role
Stefaan Kestens, the senior sports content acquisitions manager at Belgian telco Telenet, has joined Eleven Sports Belgium
FIS M&M recruits Fifa’s Stoll to digital and innovation role
The International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) has added to its team at its new in-house commercial division with the appointment of Fifa’s Benjamin Stoll as director of digital and innovation.
Sport1 audience peaks at 2.4m for dramatic World Darts Championship final
Sport1, the German free-to-air sports channel, attracted a peak audience of 2.36 million viewers for live coverage of last night’s dramatic PDC World Darts Championship final between England’s Michael Smith and Michael van Gerwen of the Netherlands.
PGA Tour returns to in-house international rights sales
The PGA Tour will once again manage the sale of its international media rights in-house following renegotiations held with Warner Bros. Discovery amid the shuttering of its GolfTV international streaming service.