L’Équipe picks up rights to 27 international test matches
L’Équipe, the French free-to-air digital terrestrial channel and streaming platform, has today (Monday) announced the acquisition of rights to 27 international rugby union test matches between now and th…
Ligue 1 highlights return to TF1, Amazon subscriber total estimated at 1.4m
Online retail giant Amazon has agreed a deal with TF1 that sees short highlights of French football’s Ligue 1 return to the commercial broadcaster’s long-running Téléfoot programme.
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Paris 2024 invites bids for French broadcast rights to Paralympics
French broadcasters have been invited to bid for media rights to the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games after an invitation to tender process was launched by the Organising Committee
Canal Plus nets revenue uplift in France and internationally
Canal Plus, the pay-television broadcaster active in different international markets, has reported a 4.8-per-cent increase in revenues to €4.25bn ($4.95bn) in the first nine months of 2021.
Eleven and OneFootball awarded pooled international rights to nine European leagues
European Leagues, the body of European football leagues, has awarded the centralised international broadcast rights to nine different leagues to football-based media platform OneFootball and streaming…
Uefa national team rights on the market in the Balkans
The CAA Eleven agency has initiated the rights sales process in the Balkan countries for Uefa national team rights between 2022 and 2028
ARD and ZDF land new five-year FIS World Cup deal with Infront
German public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF have retained rights to top FIS World Cup skiing events held outside of Germany in a new five-year deal announced this morning with the Infront agency
IMG recruits experienced Ormston to production business development role
The IMG agency has recruited experienced broadcast production executive Jo Ormston to the newly-created role of director of business development for its global production business
Serie A continues YouTube streaming in Mena, issues scouting database rights ITTs
Absent a broadcast deal in the region, Lega Serie A has opted to continue broadcasting matches on YouTube free of charge in the Middle East and North Africa, but will also grant a “non-exclusive one-month e…
Spring Media can ‘take bigger rights bets’ following investment and merger
The recent investment in Spring Media and its merger with Future Sports Agency will allow the Stockholm-based sports marketing agency to take “bigger bets on rights”, according to chief executive Tobias Osm…