Altice to show delayed coverage of PSG, Lyon Champions League matches on local channels
French telco Altice will re-broadcast Uefa Champions League matches involving Paris Saint Germain and Olympic Lyonnais on its local channel in each club’s city.
Spanish football federation launches domestic Copa Del Rey rights tender
The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) has launched a tender for rights in Spain to the Copa Del Rey domestic cup competition for the 2019-22 cycle
WBSC awards CBC, FloSports softball Americas Olympic qualifier rights
The World Baseball Softball Confederation has awarded public broadcaster CBC and OTT service FloSports exclusive rights in Canada and the US, respectively, to the Women's Softball Americas Qualifier for…
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TENNIS: Amazon pays premium in French Open domestic rights play
BASKETBALL: China’s Tencent sees off Youku to keep NBA digital rights in record deal
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Brazil Athletics Confederation launches dedicated OTT channel
The Brazilian Athletics Confederation (CBAt) has signed a deal with compatriot OTT service TV NSports to broadcast all its events through a dedicated channel on the platform
BBC lands UK rights to Great Britain and Irish Lions’ rugby league tour
UK public broadcaster the BBC has acquired exclusive rights in the country to the Great Britain and Irish Lions rugby league team's four autumn Test matches, the team's first fixtures for 12 years
Amazon pays premium in French Open domestic rights play
Internet giant Amazon will pay more than public-service broadcaster France Télévisions for a substantially smaller package of rights to the French Open’s 2021-23 cycle.
Amazon poised for UK pubs, clubs deal with BT Sport for EPL rights – report
E-commerce and media company Amazon is reportedly to link up with pay-television broadcaster BT Sport in a deal that would see Amazon’s 20-game English Premier League rights package in the UK shown in p…
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FOOTBALL: Weak pound post-Brexit vote boosts total Premier League rights income
MULTI-SPORT: Ambitious JTBC shakes Korean FTA broadcasters, delivers strong Olympics fee for IOC
GolfTV threat drives Sky extension of Open rights in UK & Ireland
UK pay-television broadcaster Sky’s extension of its rights deal for The Open is an attempt to shore up its dominant position in golf in the UK and Ireland against the threat of GolfTV, the dedicated channel run by the Discovery-PGA Tour joint venture, SportBusiness Media understands.