Scottish Premiership clubs open up to PPV
Clubs in the Scottish Premiership will be able to sell coverage of home and away matches on a pay-per-view basis during the 2020-21 season, which gets underway at the weekend
Malaysian Football League confirms legal action against Iflix
The Malaysian Football League has confirmed that it is taking legal action against Iflix, saying the OTT platform failed to honour a 10-year media rights contract agreed in 2018
Discovery lands multi-territory Extreme E rights in three-year deal
International media group Discovery has acquired rights to Extreme E, the electric off-road motor racing series, for the 2021-23 cycle
Globo, Coritiba agree to cancel revenue-sharing for rest of 2020
Brazilian media group Globo has reached an agreement with Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Coritiba that will see the club paid a flat fee for its media rights for the rest of 2020 instead of the previously …
Lega Serie A set to weigh up rights proposals
Six investment funds are said to have made binding offers to Lega Serie A, governing body of the top division of Italian club football, regarding a media company that would market broadcast rights
Fuchs Sports acquires digital rights to France’s National 2 and 3
Luxembourg-based media company Fuchs Sports has agreed a five-season deal with the French Football Federation for digital rights to National 2 and National 3, the fourth and fifth tiers of the domestic…
GolfTV enters Russia with Rostelecom in first linear deal
International streaming service GolfTV has launched in Russia on telco Rostelecom’s digital video service, Wink, making it the first country where GolfTV is shown as a linear channel.
Mediapro ‘agrees Champions League, Téléfoot carriage deals’ with Altice
Spanish agency and production group Mediapro has reportedly reached an agreement with telco Altice to co-broadcast Uefa club competitions next season in France, and allow Altice’s SFR platform to distribute t…
FAI and RTÉ’s OTT platform launched at ‘more than competitive’ price
The Football Association of Ireland (FAI) has teamed up with RTÉ to launch a new streaming platform to deliver coverage of the League of Ireland Premier Division at what the Irish public-service broadcaster …
Tigo Sports extends Paraguay football rights in $55m contract
Paraguayan-based pay-television broadcaster Tigo Sports has signed a new three-year rights agreement with the Paraguayan Football Federation (APF)