BBC retains Six Nations radio rights
UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has agreed a four-year extension to its radio rights deal for the Six Nations rugby union championship
LFP ‘seeking €1.5bn’ from investors in commercial subsidiary
France’s Professional Football League (LFP) is seeking an investment of €1.5bn ($1.75b
LaLiga presses ahead with domestic tender despite regulator stance on longer terms
Spain’s LaLiga is to press ahead with a domestic broadcast rights tender that allows bidders to lodge offers over four and five seasons despite advice from the country’s competition watchdog, the Comisión Naci…
Network Ten adds FA Cup rights to football portfolio
ViacomCBS-owned Australian broadcaster Network Ten has acquired rights to the English FA Cup
OneFootball picks up Copa do Brasil international rights
Football-based media platform OneFootball has acquired global rights to the Copa do Brasil club competition through an agreement with sports marketing agency Klefer
Fifa ‘exploring World Cup streaming options’ in Brazil
Fifa is reported to have engaged the LiveMode agency to advise on the sale of a package of streaming rights in Brazil to the 2022 World Cup
IPG and Redstrike join forces to develop LPL, target other sports rights
Innovative Production Group, the commercial rights-holder of the Lanka Premier League Twenty20 cricket competition, has established a joint venture with UK-headquartered agency Redstrike
Extreme takes Impact Wrestling to Russia and the CIS
US wrestling promotion Impact has agreed a broadcast rights deal with global pay-television sports channel Extreme which will grant it the widest coverage it has enjoyed in Russia and the CIS region to…
Marini replaces retiring Rinaudo as Deltatre CEO
Deltatre, the international technology company, has announced that chief executive Giampiero Rinaudo will soon retire from the role after more than 35 years with the business, with Andrea Marini, existing…
Globo adds Bahia to Série A pay-television rights set
Brazilian media company Globo has added the pay-television rights of Bahia to those it recently captured from Campeonato Brasileiro Série A football clubs held by former rival Turner.