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DAZN serves up Ultimate Tennis Showdown in Canada, Japan
Subscription sports streaming platform DAZN has acquired rights in Canada and Japan to the Ultimate Tennis Showdown
ESPN secures $1.4bn US rights deal with LaLiga through 2028-29
ESPN and LaLiga have finalized a wide-ranging long-term media rights deal that will make streaming service ESPN+ the principal English- and Spanish-language home for Spain's top-flight soccer league in…
Canada’s CEBL signs up to WSC Sports’ automated highlights
Israel-based automated highlights company WSC Sports has added the Canadian Elite Basketball League as its latest client
World Women’s Curling Championship TV blackout extended after Covid cases
Broadcasting of curling’s ongoing World Women’s Championship in Calgary has been delayed by a further 24 hours after four members of the broadcast staff tested positive for Covid-19 over the weekend.
Team pushes on with Uefa club competition tenders in Canada, Southeast Asia
Team Marketing has initiated the broadcast rights sales process for the Uefa club competitions from 2021-22 to 2023-24 in Canada and an array of countries and territories in Southeast Asia
Blast Premier agrees flurry of media-rights deals for 2021
Esports tournament organiser Blast Premier has reached eight new international media rights deals for the 2021 season
TSN refuses to carry World Men’s Curling Championship game due to Covid-19 concerns
Canadian host broadcaster TSN refused to carry an April 12 World Men's Curling Championship playoff game between the United States and Switzerland due to Covid-19 concerns
REV TV picks up Canadian rights to MotoGP as Mediapro provides playout services
Motorsport-focused broadcaster REV TV has acquired rights in Canada to the MotoGP motorcycling championship
Coppa Italia, Supercoppa broadcast rights awarded in Balkans and Americas
Lega Serie A has accepted offers for broadcast rights to the Coppa Italia and Supercoppa Italiana in the Balkan region and also the Americas, excluding the US, from 2021-22 to 2023-24
Mediapro in the market for CPL international broadcasters
Mediapro Canada, part of the international production and media-rights agency, has invited broadcasters to submit offers for Canadian Premier League rights in their territories, SportBusiness understands
RLWC2021 aims to land Australian TV deal before sales in New Zealand, North America
Organisers of the 2021 Rugby League World Cup have opted to go to market with broadcast rights in Australia, before looking to strike deals in New Zealand, Canada and the US
Infront adds to SPFL international footprint in seven-country OneFootball deal
Matches from the Scottish Premiership will be streamed in seven international markets by OneFootball in a deal between the football-based media platform and the Infront agency
Polo highlights added to beIN schedules in 12-territory deal
Pay-television broadcaster beIN Media Group has acquired rights to broadcast highlights of the 2021 Polo Rider Cup, a polo event to be held in Chantilly on the outskirts of Paris
PWHPA secures NHL Network, Sportsnet distribution for Dream Gap Tour
The Professional Women’s Hockey Players Association has extended its broadcast reach by securing agreements with the NHL Network and Sportsnet to air the first 2021 Secret Dream Gap Tour game this weekend in…
Canadian Elite Basketball League signs up StreamAMG to operate global OTT service
The Canadian Elite Basketball League is set to launch a new global streaming platform on the back of a multi-year deal with OTT solutions company StreamAMG
Synergy Sports to commercialise Canadian Elite Basketball League’s betting rights
US-based sports technology and analytics firm Synergy Sports has signed a multi-year agreement with the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL), through which it will commercialise the league’s content b…
OneSoccer secures Canadian broadcast rights to SheBelieves Cup
OneSoccer, Mediapro’s over-the-top sports streaming service in Canada, has secured broadcast rights in the country to the SheBelieves Cup and the Concacaf men's Olympic qualifying tournament.
Sportsnet agrees regional rights extensions with NHL’s Flames, Oilers
Canadian pay-television broadcaster Sportsnet has agreed ‘multi-year’ regional broadcast rights extensions with the National Hockey League’s Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers.
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