Joymo teams up with Sport:80 to drive live streaming for sports bodies
Oslo-based live sports streaming platform Joymo has signed a strategic alliance with sport management technology provider Sport:80
Optus lands rights to Uefa Women’s World Cup qualifiers
Telco Optus has acquired exclusive rights in Australia to select European qualification matches for the 2023 Fifa Women’s World Cup.
Tottenham expands Korean presence with skySports deal
English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur has agreed a deal for skySports to become the exclusive Korean broadcast partner for its weekly highlights programme
Mediaset shows signs of recovery with first-half results
Italy-based commercial broadcaster Mediaset has posted a net profit of €226.7m ($266.5m) for the first half of 2021, a significant increase on the same period in 2019.
URC and rights-holder RTÉ unveil global streaming service
The United Rugby Championship, the rebranded cross-border tournament previously known as Pro14, has officially launched its URC TV global streaming service through a collaboration with Irish public-service…
Spring Media merges with Future Sports Agency, secures funding
Spring Media has announced a merger with fellow Stockholm-based sports marketing company Future Sports Agency and has secured funding from investment company Helix Kapital as part of plans to further strengthen…
Czech billionaire ups stake in TF1, backs M6 merger plan
Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky has upped his interest in TF1 to 5.05 per cent and backed the proposed merger of the French commercial free-to-air broadcaster with erstwhile rival M6
Nine completes Grand Slam collection with US Open deal
Australian media group Nine Entertainment has completed its set of Grand Slam tennis tournaments by acquiring rights to the US Open
Mediapro ‘terminates’ deal with Spanish women’s football’s Primera División
Mediapro, the Spanish agency and production company, has terminated its rights deal with the Primera División de la Liga de Fútbol Femenino, the top division of women’s football in Spain, it has been rep…
Serie A chief sees direct-to-consumer future with new production centre
Lega Serie A chief executive Luigi De Siervo has said the organisation’s new production centre will help it potentially offer matches on a direct-to-consumer basis from the 2024-25 season onwards.
Sport1 launches PPV, subscription streaming platform
German sports broadcaster Sport1 has launched a new multi-sports streaming platform which will be monetised by pay-per-view and subscription revenues and will initially be centred on coverage of the domestic…
AFC lands in-flight, in-ship rights deal with Sport 24
The Asian Football Confederation has unveiled a deal for Sport 24 to become its in-flight and in-ship broadcaster through to 2024