Formula One
F1 signs content partnership with Will Smith’s Westbrook Studios
The Formula One motor-racing series has teamed up with production company Westbrook Studios on a new broadcast entertainment initiative that will align with grand prix weekends
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Eleven Sports will sublicense F1 in Poland to Polsat and TVP in 2019
Sports broadcaster Eleven Sports announced Thursday it will sublicense the Formula One motor racing championship in Poland to pay-television broadcaster Polsat and public-service broadcaster TVP for the…
Eleven Sports set to renew F1 rights in Poland until 2022
Sports broadcaster Eleven Sports is set to agree a three-year renewal for rights to the Formula One motor racing championship in Poland, SportBusiness Media understands
Dubai’s MBC picks up F1 rights in Mena until 2023
Dubai-based media group MBC has agreed a five-season deal for broadcast rights to the Formula One motor-racing championship in the Middle East and North Africa
Greece’s ERT to refinance F1 rights in ‘cash plus content’ deal with Cosmote
Greek public-service broadcaster ERT will recoup almost a quarter of its investment on the first two years of its deal for Formula One motor racing championship rights in a ‘cash plus content’ sublicensing agreement with pay-television broadcaster Cosmote.
OTT platform DAZN extends F1 deal in Japan
Online-streaming platform DAZN has extended a rights deal in Asia for the Formula One motor-racing world championship, according to the Grand Prix 24/7 news service
ERT, Cosmote sublicense high profile rights to each other in Greece
Greek public-service broadcaster ERT and pay-television broadcaster Cosmote have agreed sublicensing deals involving rights to the Champions League, Europa League and Formula One
Netflix F1 documentary omits two teams
Netflix's new fly-on-the-wall documentary "Drive to Survive", which takes an inside look at Formula One, will be released on March 8
Sky Deutschland listens to the demand of subscribers: bring back Formula One
Pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland has brought back the Formula One motor racing championship to its platform in Germany, Austria and Switzerland after a one-year absence that caused a customer…
Formula One returns to Sky Deutschland
Formula One Management, the commercial rights-holder of the F1 championship, has agreed a new deal with Sky Deutschland for pay-television rights a year after being unable to do so for the 2018 season
Eleven secures crucial carriage deals in Portugal with Nos, Meo and Vodafone
Pay-television broadcaster Eleven Sports may have fallen on hard times in the UK and Ireland, but its opportunistic acquisition strategy has cleared a pathway to success in Portugal's broadcast market
BeIN Mena drops Formula One, demands rights-holders offer piracy support
BeIN Sports Mena has confirmed it will not renew its deal for Formula One rights in the region, and made it clear that it will henceforth only partner with rights-holders that take a hard line against…
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
Formula One to enhance TV graphics provision
The Formula One motor-racing series will harness its partnership with Amazon Web Services to introduce new in-race television graphics for the 2019 season
Formula One signs VR partnership
The Formula One motor-racing championship has agreed a partnership with virtual reality content provider The Dream VR
Complex Ziggo deal helps Formula One secure huge percentage increase in the Netherlands
Formula One last week finalised a complex deal with Dutch telco Ziggo that could increase the value of the motor racing series by over 230 per cent from 2019
Ziggo renews rights and expands partnership with Formula One
Dutch pay-television broadcaster Ziggo has renewed its Formula One rights and will help launch the rights-holders OTT service F1 TV from 2019