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Football

After two failed negotiations in an uncompetitive environment, the English Premier League has completed a deal in Thailand, Cambodia and Laos with pay-television broadcaster TrueVisions that will see the value of its rights halve.
Tennis

Danish commercial broadcaster TV2 has acquired rights to the Wimbledon tennis grand slam in a four-year deal beginning this year, replacing the Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group

German commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 and US media group Discovery have officially launched their new Joyn OTT platform. Joyn is a 50:50 joint venture between ProSiebenSat
Mixed Martial Arts

Telco Virgin Media has announced that it has acquired rights in Ireland to the Bellator mixed martial arts promotion events in Europe. The deal's duration was not announced
Football

The Danish Superliga has announced on Tuesday a record-breaking domestic rights deals for the 2021-24 cycle with incumbents Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group, US media group Discovery and public-service…
Football

The English Premier League has confirmed a new three-season deal for its rights in India to pay-television broadcaster Star Sports, from 2019-20

Alex Tielbeke, the statutory director of the Eredivisie CV and commercial director of Eredivisie Media and Marketing, has announced he will be stepping down from both roles, on August 1 and December 1,…
Ice Hockey

The Finnish Ice Hockey Association, the governing body of the sport in the country, has signed a six-season deal with media group Discovery for the rights to a host of national team matches from 2020-21,…

International broadcaster Eleven Sports has appointed Massimo D’Amario as head of business development and sponsorship in Belgium and Luxembourg.
Golf

Pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland has renewed its deal for US Open rights in Germany and Austria with the United States Golf Association, strengthening its dominance in golf broadcasting within…