Band extends NBA rights deal in Brazil
Brazilian commercial broadcaster Bandeirantes has agreed a multi-year extension to its free-to-air rights deal with the NBA, as the North American basketball league’s 2020-21 season prepares to tip off.
Brazil’s Record sued over Pan American Games rights contract
Panam Sports, organiser of the Pan American Games, is taking legal action against Record after the Brazilian free-to-air broadcaster cancelled a rights agreement for the 2023 edition of the multi-sport…
EBU among latest set of America’s Cup broadcasters
Organisers of the America’s Cup have signed a number of new rights contracts for the 36th edition of the sailing event, with the European Broadcasting Union, the umbrella body of free-to-air broadcasters, a…
Virgin Media, Eir carriage dispute heads to Commercial Court
A long-running carriage dispute between Irish telecoms operators Virgin Media and Eir has been fast-tracked to the Commercial Court in Dublin
ESPN+ to expand PGA Tour featured-hole coverage
The PGA Tour and ESPN have reached an agreement for direct-to-consumer platform ESPN+ to stream live, featured-hole coverage from 23 Tour events in 2021
OneFootball agrees Dugout takeover as €50m raised from investors
Football media platform OneFootball has today (Tuesday) announced the acquisition of football-focused digital media company Dugout to form what the two parties claim will be the sport’s largest owned a…
DAZN extends commercial premises business to Japan
DAZN, the OTT streaming broadcaster, has signed its latest commercial premises agreements with a launch in Japan that allows bars, cafes, restaurants and hotels to show sports content
AVE ‘to replace Supercars Media’ for production of Seven’s ARG events
Independent production company AVE is though to have secured the contract to produce free-to-air broadcaster Seven’s coverage of domestic motor racing promoted by the Australian Racing Group.
Spanish competition body opens broadcast rights probe against RFEF
The Comisión de los Mercados y La Competencia (CNMC), Spain’s competition watchdog, has launched disciplinary proceedings against the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) in relation to potential anti-competitive pr…
Infront Moto Racing and StreamAMG revamp MXGP OTT platform
Infront Moto Racing, the promoter of the FIM Motocross World Championship, has unveiled a revamped version of the series' MXGP-TV OTT platform that will be powered by sports streaming and technology company…