Olympic Channel agrees more federation partnerships
The Olympic Channel, an OTT platform operated by the International Olympic Committee, has reached agreements with six more international governing bodies to collaborate on live event coverage
GolfTV acquires Open Championship rights in Southeast Asia
Online streaming service GolfTV has picked up rights to golf's Open Championship in Southeast Asia
C&W’s Flow to carry new dedicated Premier League channel in Caribbean
Caribbean Premier Sports Limited, a joint venture between telcos C&W Communications and Digicel, has launched a dedicated English Premier League channel called ‘Rush’, which will be added to C&W’s Flow …
NC Plus launches Polish top-tier football channels, open to distribution
Pay-television broadcaster NC Plus has launched two new sports channels dedicated to the Polish Ekstraklasa, Poland's top-tier football league, which it will make available for distribution to other platforms
Polsat takes near full ownership of Eleven Sports’ Polish operation
Polish media company Telewizja Polsat has acquired more shares in the Polish operation of sports broadcaster Eleven Sports Network, now owning 99.9 per cent of the company
Sports media rights has hit its peak – Lines
Aggregate sports media rights revenue has hit its peak, according to global sports media consultant Phil Lines
Greek Super League club Volos strikes deal with Nova
Greek football club Volos has agreed a new one-season deal with pay-television broadcaster Nova for the 2019-20 season, meaning that the only top-tier Super League club left to sign a broadcasting agreement…
Danish Superliga secures income rise after forced tender
Having been forced into an open tender by the Danish Competition and Consumer Authority, the Danish Superliga has secured a modest increase in its domestic media-rights income despite a lack of competition.
Setanta Sports to launch in Ukraine
Multi-territory sports broadcaster Setanta Sports will launch in Ukraine on August 1, having picked up a host of sports rights in the country
AMC takes aggressive stance to hold EHF in Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovakia
Media group AMC Networks has paid a significant increase to renew its rights to European Handball Federation events in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary, having missed out on several key properties over the last 18 months.