Infront and World Triathlon extend OTT and media rights sales agreement
World Triathlon, the sport’s recently-rebranded global governing body, has agreed an eight-year extension to its media agreement with the Infront agency.
Premier League lining up ‘solution’ to contentious PPV model
The Premier League has said a “broadcast solution” will be announced in due course amid multiple reports its controversial pay-per-view model introduced last month will be scrapped.
Champions Chess Tour secures valuable distribution in Eurosport deal
International sports broadcaster Eurosport has agreed a deal with Play Magnus Group, the digital chess company founded by current world chess champion Magnus Carlsen, for the pan-European and Asian rights…
Premier Sports awarded Autumn Nations Cup rights package in Ireland
Pay-television broadcaster Premier Sports has acquired a package of rights in Ireland to the new Autumn Nations Cup rugby union tournament
Ex-Tennis Australia director fined in Seven rights case
Former Tennis Australia director Harold Mitchell has been fined A$90,000 (€54,721/$63,903), but cleared to continue acting as a company director, in a Federal Court ruling on his role in a contentious b…
Tech start-up Sport Buff recruits ex-beIN and Fox Sports executive Whitehead
Fan engagement and gamification company Sport Buff has appointed Jonty Whitehead, formerly head of sports in the Mena region at pay-television broadcaster beIN Media Group, as its president
Disney poised to make aggressive bid for NFL’s “SNF”
The Walt Disney Co. is reportedly preparing to make an aggressive bid to secure the domestic broadcast rights to the National Football League's showcase Sunday Night Football package.
Supreme Court rejects NFL, DirecTV appeal in Sunday Ticket suit
The United States Supreme Court has announced it won’t hear an appeal by the National Football League and satellite-television provider DirecTV to avoid a proposed class-action antitrust lawsuit accusing t…
Ex-Fox executives denied in bid to be tried separately from Full Play
Hernan Lopez and Carlos Martinez, two former executives at US-based media group 21st Century Fox, have failed in their attempts to have a separate trial from sports marketing agency Full Play as part of…
Rai: No desire to shut down sports channel
Italian public-service broadcaster Rai has said it remains committed to its sports channel following reports that it could be closed amid the company’s financial difficulties.