StarTimes makes partial payment for Ghana football rights
StarTimes, the pay-television broadcaster in sub-Saharan Africa, has made a partial payment to the Ghana Football Association (GFA) as part of its rights deal for the top-tier Premier League as it looks…
Culture secretary: Premier League considering free-to-air matches
Football’s English Premier League is considering providing matches on a free-to-air basis if its 2019-20 season resumes, according to UK culture secretary Oliver Dowden.
Fiba teams up with Eleven to showcase Taiwan’s Super Basketball League Finals
The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) has agreed a deal with international sports broadcaster Eleven Sports that will allow it to provide a live stream of Taiwan’s Super Basketball League Finals.
TV2 nets extension to LaLiga rights in Denmark
Danish commercial broadcaster TV2 has signed a three-season extension to its rights deal with LaLiga, operating body of the top division of Spanish club football
Government ruling set to end Eredivisie season
The Dutch government has extended a ban on major public events until September 1 in a move that effectively ends the 2019-20 season of football’s Eredivisie.
Government backs RFEF’s sale of futsal, women’s football and third-tier rights
Spain’s National Sports Council (CSD) has ratified the sale of centralised rights by the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) for futsal, women’s competitions and the Segunda División B, the third tier of c…
BeIN flags up Saudi’s IP and rights ‘theft’ in bid to block Newcastle takeover
Yousef al-Obaidly, chief executive of Qatar-based pay-television broadcaster beIN Media Group, has written to Premier League chief executive Richard Masters and the chairmen of the respective clubs, urging…
Facebook invests $5.7bn in Jio stake, launches gaming app
Social media giant Facebook has invested $5.7bn (€5.24bn) in Jio in a move that makes it the largest minority shareholder in the Indian digital platform.
The investment of a 9.9
WNBA Draft ratings up 123 per cent from 2019
The 2020 Women's National Basketball Association Draft enjoyed a significant ratings boost thanks in large part to the event's pride of place on the main ESPN network and the dearth of any competing sports…
Serie A committed to ending season as ‘thorny’ free-to-air issue resurfaces
Lega Serie A has maintained it is committed to completing the 2019-20 season amid Covid-19, as Italy’s Sports Minister, Vincenzo Spadafora, said he would return to the “very thorny issue” of free-to-air acces…