Sky extends commitment to Austria’s eBundesliga
Austrian pay-television broadcaster Sky has extended its rights deal for the eBundesliga, the official esports competition of the organising body of the top tier of domestic club football
IMG to produce Euro 2020 preview shows
European football’s governing body Uefa has appointed the IMG agency to produce a preview package of programming for its Euro 2020 national team tournament.
ISU unveils YouTube streaming plans aimed at dark markets
The International Skating Union (ISU) will stream live coverage of its events on its official YouTube channel from the start of the 2019-20 campaign
TVI lands Taça de Portugal free-to-air rights
Portuguese commercial broadcaster TVI has acquired rights for the Taça de Portugal, the country’s premier knockout football cup competition.
NBA seals free-to-air Brazilian platform with Band
Brazilian media group Bandeirantes, which operates free-to-air and pay-television channels, has acquired rights for the NBA basketball league
Vivendi to challenge Mediaset merger plans in Milan court
French media group Vivendi has filed a preliminary injunction in Italy against broadcaster Mediaset’s plans to merge its Italian and Spanish businesses.
Eurosport to show real-time Olympics clips on Twitter in content tie-up
The Discovery-owned international sports broadcaster Eurosport has agreed a content and advertising deal with social media platform Twitter that will allow the publishing of real-time highlights from …
Sony extends Australian Open rights across Indian subcontinent
Pay-television broadcaster Sony Pictures Networks India has agreed a three-year extension to its rights deal for tennis grand slam the Australian Open
Kipchoge’s history-making challenge nears 5m YouTube views
Eliud Kipchoge’s successful attempt to run a sub-two-hour marathon has received 4.93 million views to date for the live and on-demand stream on video-sharing platform YouTube.
Japan’s thrilling Rugby World Cup win sets new viewing record
Japan’s sensational 28-21 victory over Scotland in the Rugby World Cup on Sunday has become the most-watched live event in the country this year as the ongoing tournament continues to set records in i…