SportBusiness Staff

GolStadium, the OTT platform operated by Mediapro, has added to its football line-up in Spain by acquiring rights to German club competition the DFB-Pokal.

France’s Professional Football League (LFP) has welcomed a court ruling ahead of the new Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 seasons ordering French internet service providers to block access to live streaming sites and major IPTV services that are offering broadcasts of games without authorisation.

ProSiebenSat.1 Puls 4 has secured exclusive free-to-air rights to the US Open in Austria through a sublicensing deal with Sportdeutschland.TV, the streaming platform of DOSB New Media.

Netflix has appointed CBS Sports to handle production of its entry into live broadcast of NFL games.

DAZN and Rai agree three-season deals with further domestic and international rights packages still on the market.

Professional kickboxing promotion K-1 has agreed a deal with media company CSI Sports to support its global expansion plans.

TKO Group, the Endeavor-owned parent company of WWE and the Ultimate Fighting Championship, has raised its full-year guidance after posting new quarterly records for revenue and adjusted earnings.

Norwegian public-service broadcaster NRK has claimed a 1.1 million audience figure for Tuesday night’s 1,500-metre Olympic final, which featured home favourite and defending champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen.

Subscription broadcaster DAZN has increased its prices in France ahead of the new Ligue 1 football season, with the most expensive package costing €39.99 ($43.70) per month.

Streaming platform Fubo lost more than 60,000 subscribers in North America during the second quarter of 2024 and posted a net loss of $25.8m (€23.6m) for the three-month period.