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Multi-sport

Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand is considering price increases for its sports packages, despite registering an increase in profits
Motorsport

Free-to-air broadcaster TV Cultura has become the new home for Formula E in Brazil, while the electric racing series has also agreed a multi-year deal with pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia
Cricket

UK pay-television broadcaster Sky has secured exclusive live rights to England’s forthcoming limited overs cricket series against India as part of a broader deal.
Multi-sport

Spanish telco Telefónica has failed with a renewed application to Spanish competition watchdog, the Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC), to lift an obligation it has to share rights t…
Basketball

Brazilian media group Globo has apologised for an erroneous copyright claim that led to the taking down of the broadcast of an NBA match from the North American basketball league’s official YouTube channel.
Rugby Union

Australian broadcaster Nine Entertainment is said to be considering offering its streaming service Stan Sport directly to pubs and clubs via smart television apps, in an effort to ensure its Super Rugby…
Tennis

Craig Tiley, chief executive of Tennis Australia and tournament director of the Australian Open, has said that he expects the total losses from going ahead with the tournament to exceed A$99m (€64m/$78m) d…
American Football

The Walt Disney Co. is reportedly pushing back on the National Football League's desire to charge domestic rights partners double the amount they have been paying to broadcast games
Cricket

Sports data, technology and content solutions company Sportz Interactive (SI) has recently been appointed by News Corp Australia to create custom automated infographics and videographics for its coverage…
Motorsport

UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has renewed a rights agreement with Formula E ahead of the electric car-racing series’ 2021 season.