Danish women’s football league boosts exposure in new domestic deals
The Danish Elitedivisionen, the top-tier women's football league in the country, has sealed new domestic rights agreements with media group Discovery and sports broadcaster Sport Live
ORF adds more matches to Austrian 2. Liga deal
Austrian public-service broadcaster ORF has enhanced its deal for second-tier domestic football league 2. Liga rights with sports data and betting-related services company Sportradar
Rivals dent Nent’s Nordic dominance in big money Uefa club deals
Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group’s rivals paid big fees to seal crucial Uefa club competition rights, allowing European football’s governing body to more than double its media-rights income in the Nordics.
Amazon extends Bundesliga rights for remainder of season
Retail giant Amazon has extended its deal with the German Football League (DFL), giving it domestic rights to seven more top-tier Bundesliga matches and four relegation matches between Bundesliga and second-tier…
Adjarasport picks up Austrian Bundesliga rights amid Kiteishvili interest
Georgian sports broadcaster Adjarasport has acquired Austrian Bundesliga rights until the end of the 2020-21 season, amid interest in national team player Otar Kiteishvili
DAZN extends live Bundesliga rights until end of season
International streaming service DAZN has agreed an extension to its one-match Bundesliga broadcast rights deal with the German Football League (DFL) in Germany and Switzerland, covering the remainder of…
Extreme E enhances Canadian coverage with RDS deal
Electric off-road racing series Extreme E has agreed a one-year media-rights deal in Canada with French-language channel RDS
Nent to launch Viaplay in Baltics with Formula 1, Bundesliga and NHL
The Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group will launch its Viaplay services in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in the first quarter of 2021, and has already started building its sports portfolio by acquiring…
DFL in longer-term negotiations after Amazon nets one-match Bundesliga deal
Online retail giant Amazon acquired domestic broadcast rights to the most recent Monday-evening Bundesliga match between Werder Bremen and Bayer Leverkusen in a direct deal with the German Football League…
Twitch’s ESL/DreamHack deal lays blueprint for traditional media principles in esports
Twitch's three-year deal with ESL and DreamHack is a landmark for the streaming platform and another sign that the esports industry is adopting traditional media-rights principles.