O2 TV picks up rights to One Championship
Czech pay-television broadcaster O2 TV has bolstered its mixed martial arts portfolio, announcing a new media-rights deal for Singapore-based promotion One Championship
TVP Sport increases audience in 2018
Polish public-service broadcaster TVP has more than doubled the audience share of its sports channel in 2018, according to the latest results from the Nielsen Audience Measurement
More live coverage than ever in new Greek F1 deal
Formula One rights in Greece will remain with incumbent rights-holders ERT and Cosmote in the next cycle, after a brief period of negotiation with local rights-broker, the Asset Ogilvy advertising agency
Hannesson appointed exclusive strategic advisor by Infront
The Infront agency has appointed Ingolfur Hannesson as an exclusive strategic advisor, with a focus on acquisitions and exploitation of winter sports media rights
IMG to cooperate with TV2 in Denmark on Serie A and LaLiga
Danish commercial broadcaster TV2 has signed an agreement with the IMG agency giving it access to matches from both Italy’s Serie A and Spain’s LaLiga.
WRC turns down highest offers to maximise exposure, retain content in Finland
The World Rally Championship turned down bigger offers for its rights in Finland in order to agree a deal with public-service broadcaster YLE that will allow it to hold on to content for its OTT platform,…
Mediapro to distribute CFA Cup rights in Asia-Pacific
The China Sports Media agency has announced the appointment of Mediapro Asia – the Asian arm of the Mediapro Group agency – to exclusively distribute media rights of the 2019 CFA Cup in the Asia-Pacific reg…
My Sports partners with Forever Group
Eleven Sports' operation in Myanmar, My Sports, has agreed a partnership with Forever Group to produce and distribute the country's top-tier football league, the Myanmar National League, on the media entertainment…
MTG forced to terminate the sale of Nova to PPF
Digital entertainment company Modern Times Group has announced that it will be seeking a new buyer for its majority stake in Nova Broadcasting Group, after terminating its agreement with the investment…
Facebook updates sports team structure
Social media platform Facebook has announced a restructuring of its sports team, with Dan Reed promoted to vice-president of global sports and media partnerships