Foxtel secures NRL rights to 2027 as Nine finalises extension
Australia’s National Rugby League (NRL) has today (Thursday) marked the resumption of its 2020 season by agreeing fresh rights deals with pay-television operator Foxtel and commercial free-to-air broadcaster N…
FFA sets out A-League restart plan as Fox ‘pushes for fee reduction’
Football Federation Australia (FFA) has today (Thursday) unveiled a plan to restart the A-League’s 2019-20 season by mid-July, subject to agreement with broadcast rights-holder Fox Sports.
Eurosport adds US motorcycling rights, Danish Superliga returns on Discovery
Discovery-owned international sports broadcaster Eurosport has acquired rights in the UK and France to the MotoAmerica Superbike Championship ahead of the start of its 2020 season this weekend
Australian commercial networks’ sports coverage offered to Pacific Island nations
A new initiative has launched that will provide Pacific Island nations with access to sports coverage from Australian free-to-air commercial networks Seven, Nine and Ten, along with other content providers
Lega Serie A maintains rights fee stance and ‘poised to issue Sky injunction’
Lega Serie A, the organising body of the top division of Italian club football, is standing firm on its media-rights payments policy, and is also poised to present an injunction against pay-television…
Rory McIlroy and Gordon Hayward highlight inaugural Peloton All-Star Ride
ESPN is partnering with US exercise equipment and media company Peloton to stage a virtual indoor cycling race featuring athletes and celebrities from across the sports landscape to benefit Covid-19 relief …
Genius’ new ‘Grand Slam’ tennis series creates content for betting markets
Sports data and technology company Genius Sports has teamed up with US-based tennis talent agency Topnotch Management (TNM) to create the Grand Slam Tennis Tours MatchPlay 120 series, a new tournament f…
Italian Sports Minister wants free access to Serie A live goals show
Italy’s Sports Minister, Vincenzo Spadafora, has returned to the topic of free access to Serie A broadcast coverage by proposing that a similar system be employed for the return of domestic club football a…
“The Match” sequel gains 5.8m average audience on TNT
The sequel of "The Match" between Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson was a ratings hit in the United States over the weekend, attracting an average of 5.8m viewers across four Turner Sports networks
DAZN seeks investors amid Covid-19 downturn
Len Blavatnik, the Ukraine-born billionaire who owns DAZN, is looking for investors to help shore up the sports streaming service's finances during the Covid-19 downturn, according to the Financial Times