Coupang pulls out of talks with Korean broadcasters for Tokyo 2020 rights
Korean e-commerce group Coupang’s proposed Tokyo 2020 Olympics streaming rights sublicensing deal has fallen through.
Spark usurps Sky as Champions League rights-holder in New Zealand
Telco Spark has acquired the broadcast rights in New Zealand to Uefa club competitions for the next three seasons
Caribbean Satellite Television Network picks up AFC rights
Pay-television broadcaster Caribbean Satellite Television Network has acquired the rights to broadcast Asian Football Confederation matches across the 2021-24 cycle
Foxtel and beIN extend multi-year content, advertising deal
Pay-television broadcasters Foxtel Group and beIN Sports have signed a new multi-year carriage and advertising sales deal in Australia
Stan Sport joins football fray in Australia with Uefa rights deal
Nine Entertainment-owned streaming service Stan Sport has secured the exclusive broadcast rights in Australia to Uefa club competitions for the next three years
Voot to stream new Indian T20 reality show
Voot, the Indian streaming platform owned by Viacom 18, has picked up the exclusive streaming rights to a new cricket reality show, the Maratha Cricket League Twenty20
Premier Sports Asia picks up Lions broadcast rights
The rugby union-focused streaming platform Premier Sports has secured exclusive broadcast rights across various Asian territories to the 2021 British & Irish Lions Tour
Korea’s Coupang Play ‘acquires Tokyo 2020 streaming rights’
Korean ecommerce group Coupang is reported to be close to acquiring streaming rights for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in a sublicensing deal with the ‘Korea Pool’ of terrestrial broadcasters.
Douyu retains Blast Premier streaming rights in China
Esports tournament organiser Blast Premier has extended its exclusive media rights deal with Chinese streaming service Douyu for an additional year
LaLiga clubs report €77m net profit in 2019-20, hefty loss predicted in 2020-21
A decline of matchday income brought on by the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic has led to a 65-per-cent decline in profits for clubs in Spain’s top-flight La Liga Santander and second-tier La Liga Smart B…