FA and Pitch agree four-year FA Cup international rights renewal
The Football Association has agreed to extend Pitch International's FA Cup media rights deal in Western Europe, the Middle East and North Africa on the same financial terms, SportBusiness Media understands.
BT Sport to show tennis’ Stockholm Open
BT Sport, the UK pay-television broadcaster, has acquired rights to show the Stockholm Open, an ATP Tour 250 series event that begins this weekend
EXCLUSIVE: FA and Pitch agree four-year FA Cup international rights renewal
The Pitch International agency has reached an agreement with the Football Association to retain FA Cup broadcast rights in Western Europe and the Middle East and North Africa for an additional four seasons,…
Discovery’s Q3 international revenues buoyed by advertising, Olympics sublicensing
Media group Discovery has reported just under $1.3bn (€1.1
Ex-EBU sports head Kürten named CEO of Rhine-Ruhr’s World University Games
Stefan Kürten, the former executive director of sport at the European Broadcasting Union, has been named as chief executive of the organising committee for the 2025 FISU Summer World University Games …
Sport1’s von Busse succeeds Amsinck in leading ZDF sports rights department
Daniel von Busse, chief operating officer at Sport1, is to succeed the retiring Michael Amsinck in heading up the management of the sports rights department at ZDF, the German public-service broadcaster
Free ‘pushing for’ right to show Ligue 1 goals on social media
French telecoms operator Free has been holding talks with France’s Professional Football League (LFP) about adding the ability to show social media clips of goals to its existing contract, it is claimed.
UCI Track Champions League ensured Latin American coverage in Claro deal
The International Cycling Union (UCI) has this morning announced a broadcast deal with Claro Sports in Latin America for coverage of its new Track Champions League competition
Former Eleven CEO Vicente named chairman of APEX Capital
Luis Vicente, who left his role as chief executive of pay-television and streaming broadcaster Eleven over the summer, has been named as chairman of APEX Capital, the investment and wealth management advisory…
Sky lands exclusive IndyCar rights across its European markets
Pay-television broadcaster Sky has secured exclusive rights in its European territories to the IndyCar motor racing series from 2022 to 2024