Europe
Pan-regional edge aids All Media Baltics in Premier League renewal
Pay-television broadcaster All Media Baltics used its pan-regional competitive advantage to retain English Premier League’s rights in the Baltics without a hefty increase in cost.
DAZN bags Copa América rights in Italy as talks continue for International Champions Cup
DAZN picks up Copa América at bargain price as rivals focus elsewhere
DAZN, Sky, Mediaset bid for International Champions Cup
Rai to share Women’s World Cup with Sky, show Uefa U21s exclusively
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DAZN wins Copa del Rey final rights in five markets, Discovery lands Danish rights
OTT streaming service DAZN has acquired rights to the final of the 2018-19 edition of Spanish club football competition the Copa del Rey in five of its markets, while US media group Discovery has landed…
Infront takes digital D2C route with launch of iX.co
Infront, the Zug-based sports marketing company, has launched a ‘digitally native’ direct-to-consumer operation to connect brands and sports rights-holders to fans around the world.
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Court orders Spanish federation to re-run Copa del Rey final award, include Mediapro
A Spanish court on Monday ordered the country's football federation, the RFEF, to reverse its exclusion of the Mediapro agency from the domestic tender for the 2019 Copa del Rey final and re-adjudicate…
Italian anti-trust authority hits agencies with €67m fines
Italy’s competition authority, L’Autorità Garante del Mercato e della Concorrenza, has fined three rights-marketing agencies a combined €67m ($74.8m) fo
Copa América to remain on Premier Sports in UK
Pay-television broadcaster Premier Sports has retained rights in the UK to the Copa América national team football tournament.
Greek Super League side Panionios extends Nova deal
Greek football club Panionios has agreed a new deal with pay-television broadcaster Nova for the rights to its home matches for the 2019-20 season
Gol to broadcast Women’s World Cup in Spain
Spanish agency Mediapro has confirmed that its commercial broadcaster, Gol, will exclusively broadcast the 2019 Fifa Women’s World Cup.
BBC commits to televise women’s cricket final for The Hundred – report
UK public broadcaster the BBC has reportedly confirmed it will televise the women’s final of new white-ball cricket competition The Hundred, granting live free-to-air exposure in the country to the women’s gam…
Euroleague beats bearish Spain outlook with DAZN deal
Euroleague Ventures – the joint venture between Euroleague Basketball and the IMG agency –secured a robust price from sports streaming service DAZN for the 2019-20 to 2022-23 rights cycle in Spain despite an initially unpromising market outlook, SportBusiness Media understands.
Women’s motorsport series goes for ‘reach over reward’ in inaugural season
W Series, the all-female motorsport competition, is prioritising exposure over revenue in its media-rights strategy for the series’ inaugural year, it has told SportBusiness Media, although it would be difficult for the series to adopt any other approach, according to industry experts.
IMG extends Premier League Productions partnership
The Premier League has agreed a three-season extension to its contract with IMG that will see the agency continue to work with the top-tier of English club football to operate Premier League Productions
Bonnier boosts investment in HockeyAllsvenskan to avoid tender
Swedish media group Bonnier has significantly increased its investment in Sweden’s second-tier ice hockey league, the HockeyAllsvenskan, to prevent a tender process that might have allowed a rival to swoop.
DR boosts summer content in rights blitz including Women’s World Cup
Danish public-service broadcaster DR has acquired rights to a host of properties this summer, including the Fifa Women’s World Cup, the European Games multi-sport event and the Uefa U-21 European Championship.
Amazon takes WTA Tour UK rights from BT Sport
Internet giant Amazon has acquired exclusive UK rights to the WTA tennis tour from 2020, SportBusiness Media understands, taking the property from pay-television broadcaster BT Sport
Chelsea FC Women to film season-long documentary
Chelsea FC, in conjunction with London-based production company Fulwell 73, will create a behind-the-scenes documentary following the women's side during the 2019-20 campaign
BBC to broadcast exclusive radio commentary of 2019 Rugby World Cup
BBC Radio 5 Live has secured exclusive UK radio commentary rights to the 2019 Rugby World Cup. The competition runs from September 20 to November 2 and will be held in Japan