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ICC extends Sunset+Vine partnership ahead of World Cup
The International Cricket Council has agreed a four-year extension to its partnership with sports production and media company Sunset+Vine
ICC engages ByteDance on Cricket World Cup content drive
The International Cricket Council has partnered with technology company ByteDance to deliver content across social media platforms TikTok and Helo during this year’s Cricket World Cup.
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.
Dedicated endurance sports OTT channel launched
A new television channel that claims to be the first-ever globally-available dedicated endurance sports channel has launched across all platforms and providers
Pro14 rugby league launches OTT service
Cross-border rugby union competition the Pro14 has launched its own OTT video platform, it said on Tuesday
Facebook signs content deal with Copa América
Social media platform Facebook has agreed a deal with organisers of this year’s Copa América to deliver behind-the-scenes coverage of the national team football tournament, which will take place in Br…
Platforms need to ‘come together’ to fight piracy, big and small
To deal with the twin threats of changing consumer behaviour and piracy, sports media needs to take more combined action and create more unique content
Olympic Channel adds five new federation partners
The Olympic Channel, an OTT platform operated by the International Olympic Committee, has added a further five international sports federations as content partners
Major League Rugby secures digital partnership with RugbyPass
Major League Rugby, the North American professional rugby union league, has agreed an international digital partnership with specialist OTT global platform RugbyPass for the reminder of the 2019 season
FREE | NHL Data Report, 2019
In the latest interactive monthly data report, SportBusiness Media analyses the media-rights landscape of the National Hockey League (NHL).
Japan’s Super GT strikes deals with Motorsport.tv, Astro
Japanese motor-racing championship Super GT has secured international rights deals with Motorsport.tv, the OTT arm of Motorsport Network, and Malaysian pay-television broadcaster Astro
CBF, clubs to reopen international rights tender
The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) and clubs in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A have opted to reopen the tender process for international rights to the top-tier competition.
YouTube secures MLB rights package for second half of 2019
Major League Baseball struck a new partnership on Tuesday with YouTube incorporating live streaming rights to 13 games from the second half of the 2019 regular season
NHL Data Report, 2019
In the latest interactive monthly data report, SportBusiness Media analyses the media-rights landscape of the National Hockey League (NHL).
Legal battle looks inevitable as Lega Serie A rejects IMG’s damages claim
Italy’s top football league, Lega Serie A, has written to IMG rejecting the claim for damages relating to the agency’s contract for the league’s global media rights, SportBusiness Media has learned.
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Infront to market 2019 Audi Cup rights
The Infront agency has secured exclusive media and marketing rights to the 2019 edition of the Audi Cup pre-season football tournament
Pitch to market W Series international rights
W Series has appointed the Pitch International agency to market global media rights to the inaugural season of the women’s motor-racing championship.
Spring Media to distribute global European Cricket League rights
The Spring Media agency has agreed a deal with the new European Cricket League to distribute the global rights of the competition’s inaugural 2019 edition.