Germany’s federal cartel office give go-ahead on domestic Bundesliga tender
The Bundeskartellamt, Germany’s federal cartel office, has given the all clear for the German Football League (DFL) to launch its invitation to tender for domestic Bundesliga rights.
LFP offers out Ligue 1 archive content to domestic broadcasters for free
The Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) has given French pay-television broadcasters Canal Plus and beIN Sports access to a host of archive content for free following the postponement of 2019-20 Ligue…
Nent will stop paying rights fees to postponed properties
The Nordic Entertainment Group (Nent) has announced further measures to protect itself against the impact of Covid-19, including that it will not be paying any rights fees for postponed properties until…
Formula One latest beneficiary of Nent’s aggressive strategy in Nordics
Formula One is the latest rights-holder to benefit from Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group's acquisitions strategy, as a new deal boosts the value of its rights across the Nordics almost 50 per cent.
Teleclub waives subscription fees for sports package
Swiss pay-television broadcaster Teleclub has waived the fee for its sports packages as all of its live sports content is currently postponed due to the Covid-19 virus
ESL and DreamHack continue rights sales push with TV2 in Norway
Esports organisations DreamHack and ESL have agreed a media-rights deal for the ESL Pro Tour with Norwegian commercial and pay-television broadcaster TV2
Nent issues compensation warning, reduces sports package price
The Nordic Entertainment Group (Nent) will seek compensation from sports rights-holders if there are “longer-term” postponements or cancellations due to the impact of the global coronavirus outbreak.
Australia’s NPL swaps social media model for Sportradar OTT platform
Sports data and live streaming company Sportradar has announced a deal with the National Premier Leagues (NPL), Australia’s second-tier football league, that will see the launch of the NPL.T
Sky offers free-to-air Bundesliga Konferenz following coronavirus precautions
German pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland has announced that it will make its ‘Konferenz’ coverage of Bundesliga and second-tier 2. Bun
Telia agrees Finnish rights deal with ESL and DreamHack
Telecoms operator Telia has acquired rights in Finland from the esports organisations DreamHack and ESL to the ESL Pro Tour