Canal Plus Group acquires pan-Europe M7 platform, expands to 7 new countries
France's Canal Plus Group has agreed a deal to buy pay-television distributor M7, which would establish the company in seven new European countries, potentially providing a basis for its broadcasting business…
Canal Plus, Altice reach deal to share EPL coverage in France
Pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has agreed to share English Premier League coverage in France with Altice for the 2019-22 cycle
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TENNIS: Amazon seeks UK tennis dominance with WTA rights play
FOOTBALL: IMG hopes of emerging unscathed from Serie A antitrust probe hang in the balance
Amazon seeks UK tennis dominance with WTA rights play
Amazon secured Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) Tour rights in the UK for the 2020-23 cycle with a bid nearly 60 per cent higher than incumbent pay-television broadcaster BT Sport's current fee, SportBusiness Media understands, as the tech and ecommerce giant moves to establish a dominant position in UK tennis broadcasting.
StreamAMG to provide OTT Service, Event apps for International Netball Federation
The International Netball Federation has selected technology company StreamAMG to provide live & on demand video services and dedicated apps for World Netball Events, starting with this year’s Netball W…
StarTimes wins 2019 Copa Del Rey final rights
Pan-African pay-television operator StarTimes has acquired rights to the 2019 Copa Del Rey final.
It bought the rights from the Spanish football federation
Premier League rights value up 8% to £9.2bn on overseas income
A rise of over a third in international broadcaster fees for the English Premier League drove an 8-per-cent increase in the property’s total rights value for 2019-2022 to £9.2bn (€10.4bn/$11.7bn)
NBC snaps up US rights to 2019 W Series motorsport competition
NBC Universal has acquired US rights to the inaugural 2019 season of W Series, the women’s motorsport championship.
Court orders Spanish federation to re-run Copa del Rey final award, include Mediapro
A Spanish court on Monday ordered the country's football federation, the RFEF, to reverse its exclusion of the Mediapro agency from the domestic tender for the 2019 Copa del Rey final and re-adjudicate…
Euroleague beats bearish Spain outlook with DAZN deal
Euroleague Ventures – the joint venture between Euroleague Basketball and the IMG agency –secured a robust price from sports streaming service DAZN for the 2019-20 to 2022-23 rights cycle in Spain despite an initially unpromising market outlook, SportBusiness Media understands.