Simon Greenberg, ex-News Corp global head of rights, dies aged 52
Tributes have been paid to Simon Greenberg, former global head of rights at News Corp, who has passed away at the age of 52
Nent adds to armoury in Baltics with Uefa national team rights
Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group has acquired a wide-ranging suite of Uefa national team competition rights in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania across the 2022-28 cycle
DAZN and Snapchat roll out global boxing content tie-up
DAZN, the subscription sports streaming broadcaster, has widened out its work with Snapchat to offer at least 70 programmes on the social media platform throughout the next year
Canal Plus retains F1 rights in France, extends MotoGP and WRC deals
Pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has retained its grip on rights to Formula 1 motor racing in France until 2024
DAZN raises UK and Ireland subscriber price point following Matchroom deal
DAZN has increased its subscription price point to £7.99 in the UK, and €7.99
VTV Cab secures Ligue 1 rights in Vietnam in three-year deal
VTV Cab, the pay-television arm of Vietnamese state broadcaster VTV, has acquired rights to French football’s Ligue 1 from 2021-22 to 2023-24.
WAVE.tv in the market for director of sports rights partnerships
WAVE.tv, the California-based digital sports media company, has initiated a recruitment process for a director of rights partnerships to lead its negotiations with sports rights-holders, media companies and “other IP owners” worldwide.
BT Sport to showcase Super League Triathlon Championship Series
Next month’s Super League Triathlon Championship Series will be shown live in the UK by pay-television broadcaster BT Sport after a rights deal was announced this morning.
Sport1 picks up live rights to SLT events, delayed rights to Munich race
Super League Triathlon has secured a rights deal in Germany with sports broadcaster Sport1
Sport1 retains women’s Volleyball Bundesliga rights to 2026 as PPV introduced
German sports broadcaster Sport1 has retained rights to Germany’s women’s Volleyball Bundesliga in a wide-ranging five-year agreement.