NBC and Sky announce golf Players Championship collaboration
US network NBC and UK pay-television broadcaster Sky announced Monday that they will collaborate on coverage of golf’s Players Championship, the US PGA tour’s flagship event, which takes place this wee…
Sky grabs IndyCar media rights in UK from BT Sports
Pay-television broadcaster Sky has acquired multi-year exclusive broadcast rights in the UK to the North American IndyCar series starting from 2019, taking over coverage from rival BT Sport
Sky’s reunion with US PGA Championship to stretch to 2023
UK pay-television broadcaster Sky Sports’ new rights deal for the US PGA Championship is for the five-year period from 2019 to 2023, SportBusiness Media understands. This marks a rebuilding of the long-term partnership between rights-holder and broadcaster that ended in 2016 when Sky refused to meet rights distributor IMG’s valuation of the property.
FIA Karting joins Motorsport.tv OTT platform
Rights-holder FIA Karting has made its content available on the Motorsport.tv OTT platform, and will show its events on the platform’s subscription-free service, which launched on Thursday.
ATP to launch tender on 4 March for new tennis national team competition
Men’s tennis body the Association of Tennis Professionals will launch a tender process next Monday (March 4) for the sale of international media rights to the inaugural ATP Cup, which will take place i…
BeIN backtracks on Coppa Italia rights claim
Pay-television broadcaster beIN Media has backtracked on its claim to have acquired broadcast rights to the 2018-19 Coppa Italia club football knockout competition in France, Australia and New Zealand
OTT platform DAZN launches in Spain
Streaming platform DAZN launched its service in Spain on Wednesday, making it the company’s eighth confirmed market.
BeIN Sports regains Coppa Italia rights in France
Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has regained rights in France to the Coppa Italia club football knockout competition after a four-year hiatus
Mediaset follows TV3 in securing MotoGP free-to-air sublicensing deal in Spain
Mediaset has acquired free-to-air rights in Spain for two MotoGP motorcycling championship races in 2019 in a sublicensing deal with OTT operator DAZN, according to reports
Canal Plus in talks to acquire beIN Sports in France
French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus is in talks to buy beIN Sports, with a target completion date for the deal of before the summer, according to French media reports