Fifty Digital lands content remit for Rugby World Cup
World Rugby has selected the Fifty Digital agency to manage creative, social media and content for the 2019 Rugby World Cup
Olympic Channel to add Hindi language, reaches 2.45bn video views
The Olympic Channel, the International Olympic Committee’s OTT platform, has said it will soon provide a new language offering in Hindi and has now grown its social media community to more than nine m…
GolfTV debuts new 12-part Tiger Woods series
A new 12-part series starring Tiger Woods has launched on GolfTV, the OTT streaming service owned by US media company Discovery
Mediapro seals carriage deals for LaLiga TV Bar
The Mediapro agency has struck carriage deals with Movistar, Vodafone, Orange, Deion Comunicaciones and Telecable for its LaLiga TV Bar channel, which provides football coverage in public places
NFL channel featuring library content to launch on Pluto TV
The NFL has launched a new channel on US streaming service Pluto TV and renewed an agreement to continue distributing its NFL Network and NFL RedZone programming services on PlayStation Vue
World Rugby to stream Japan 2019 matches in markets without TV deal
World Rugby has announced plans to provide a streaming service for the forthcoming World Cup in markets where broadcast deals are not in place
Sporttotal nets 10-year Women’s Basketball Bundesliga streaming deal
Germany’s Women’s Basketball Bundesliga (DBBL) has agreed a 10-year rights deal with sports production and live streaming company Sporttotal.
African Games receive Olympic Channel showcase
The Olympic Channel, the International Olympic Committee's OTT platform, will provide more than 17 hours of coverage from the 2019 African Games, the multi-sport event underway in Rabat, Morocco
BBC lands rights to Wales’ Women’s Euro 2021 qualifiers
The Football Association of Wales has agreed a deal with UK public-service broadcaster the BBC for rights to the women’s team’s qualifying campaign for the Uefa 2021 European Championship.
Regulator declines to call on top Seven execs in Australian Open rights case
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has reportedly declined to ask senior executives from commercial broadcaster Seven to give evidence against two former Tennis Australia directors in…