Mediapro secures corporate espionage court ruling
A Barcelona court has found Robert Cama and Joan Carles Raventós guilty of spying on the email of Mediapro founding member Jaume Roures and six other executives from the Spain-based sports rights and broadcast production group.
ESPN backs launch of LOVB Pro
ESPN has agreed a rights deal with League One Volleyball, as the youth-focused brand prepares to launch a professional league in the United States.
Atalanta’s progression secures free-to-air coverage of Europa League final in Italy
The Uefa Europa League final will be shown by Italian public broadcaster Rai, after Atalanta’s semi-final win against Olympique Marseille triggered a ruling that provides free-to-air exposure for the match should an Italian team be involved.
World Boxing Council lands content deal with DAZN
DAZN has struck a multi-year deal with the World Boxing Council (WBC) to stream live events, interviews and other content.
Rai attracts almost 4m viewers for Europa League semi-final
Yesterday’s (Thursday’s) Uefa Europa League semi-final between Bayer Leverkusen and AS Roma was watched by more than 3.9 million people on Italian public broadcaster Rai, which sublicensed rights to the match from pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia.
Sportitalia picks up Copa América rights
Multi-sport broadcaster Sportitalia has acquired rights to this summer’s Copa América national team football tournament, which will take place in the US.
TIM renews WBD carriage deal ahead of Paris 2024
Telecom Italia (TIM) has renewed its carriage deal with Warner Bros. Discovery ahead of this summer’s Olympic Games in Paris.
Genius net loss flat as betting, media units report revenue upturn
Genius Sports’ first-quarter net loss remaining flat at $25.5m comes as improved revenue generation at its betting and media divisions underpinned the financial performance.
NHL Draft to be first televised event at Sphere arena
The NHL Draft will next month become the first televised event to take place at Las Vegas’ new Sphere arena.
Eurovision Sport to stream taekwondo events
Eurovision Sport, the European Broadcasting Union’s recently launched OTT sports platform, has acquired rights to European Taekwondo’s European Senior Championships G4 and European Para Taekwondo Championships G4/G2.