EXCLUSIVE: ITV closes in on rights to England women’s internationals
Commercial broadcaster ITV is close to agreeing a deal for the UK rights to England women’s football matches from next season, SportBusiness understands.
WRU sets ‘red line’ over live Welsh-language free-to-air Six Nations coverage
The Welsh Rugby Union has said that ensuring Wales’ Six Nations matches remain live on free-to-air television in the Welsh language is a “red line” in ongoing discussions over the UK broadcast rights from …
Téléfoot staff ‘hit out’ at redundancy plans
Staff at the now-defunct French pay-television broadcaster Téléfoot have expressed frustration with the redundancy proposals presented by the service’s owner, Spanish agency and production group Mediapro.
RTL ‘considers Belgian subsidiary sale carve-out, offloading RTL Nederlands’
European media group RTL is reportedly considering carving out its Belgian subsidiary from a package sale with its French subsidiary, M6, as well as selling its Dutch subsidiary
French court awards over €7m damages to broadcasters in piracy ruling
A French court has ruled that five men who last year were found guilty of running an operation pirating the content of sports broadcasters must pay over €7m ($8.3m) in damages.
RMC Sport lands rights in France to PBC boxing
RMC Sport, the French subscription broadcaster owned by telco Altice, has acquired exclusive rights to Premier Boxing Champions fights.
The deal covers at least 2021
Canal Plus renews French Rally Championship rights
Pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has renewed the domestic rights to the French Rally Championship for the next two seasons
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CYCLING: IMG, Discovery choose pragmatic route to unlock Giro d’Italia deal
RUGBY UNION: NZR, RugbyPass deal illustrates tricky Sanzaar international sales process
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IMG, Discovery choose pragmatic route to unlock Giro d’Italia deal
The IMG agency’s decision to sublicense to US media giant Discovery in near entirety its renewed Giro d’Italia international rights was a pragmatic move on the part of both parties to avoid a potentially damaging bidding war, industry experts have told SportBusiness Media.
Prud’homme named L’Équipe CEO in rapid promotion
Laurent Prud'homme has been promoted to chief executive of L’Équipe, the French media and publishing group, just weeks after joining the organisation as deputy chief executive.