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Lines: FAANGs not the answer to global rights market ‘correction’
Global rights growth experiencing slowdown as pay-TV wars cool
Big tech companies will be selective and limited in ambition outside the US
Hutton: Facebook spending on rights will remain highly targeted
Facebook has finally emerged as a major player in the global sports rights-market
Acquisition strategy is highly targeted, with India and Latin America among priorities
Patrick Murphy, chief executive of DDMC Fortis
Frank Dunne talks to Patrick Murphy, chief executive of DDMC Fortis, on the agency’s deal for the global commercial rights to the competitions of the Asian Football Confederation. The long-form agreement was signed on October 29.
DDMC Fortis bullish on AFC rights, despite conflicting signals from China
DDMC Fortis, the agency created to sell global commercial rights to the competitions of the Asian Football Confederation, will go to market next year in bullish mood, despite having paid a rights fee – $…
Mediapro on course to buy Bolivia World Cup qualifier rights
Mediapro is close to a deal for global rights to Bolivia’s home 2022 World Cup qualifiers, but must wait 30 days before its victory can be confirmed.
The agency’s bid of $12m (€10.5m),
FIVB partners up with Olympic Channel
The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) has become the latest sports body to strike a formal partnership with the Olympic Channel, the OTT media platform of the International Olympic Committee
Four of the West’s biggest esports events generated 190m hours of viewership in 2018
Four of the biggest esports events in the West generated 190.1 million hours of viewership in 2018, according to research by Newzoo
America’s Cup assigns production rights
Austrian production company West4 Media and German broadcast manufacturer Riedel Communications will work together, as circle-o Broadcast Productions, to produce television coverage of the 36th America’s C…
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
Eleven Sports claims first with Watch Together service
International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports has claimed a world first by teaming up with tech start-up Reactoo to launch a new product designed to drive engagement around sports viewing.
Tiger Woods and GolfTV agree long-term content partnership
Media group Discovery and the US PGA Tour have partnered with golfer Tiger Woods in a multi-year agreement to create ancillary content for Discovery’s OTT streaming service GolfTV.
IMG renew in-flight and in-ship Premier League rights
The IMG agency has renewed its in-flight and in-ship rights to the English Premier League in a new three-season deal, from 2019-20 to 2021-22
Gol TV hangs on to Peru qualifier rights after last-gasp payment
The Peruvian football federation (FPF) has decided not to follow through with its public threat to strip Gol TV of the international rights to Peru’s 2022 Fifa World Cup qualifiers, after the broadcaster finally made an overd…
Fifa plays down rights sell-off reports
World football’s governing body Fifa has claimed German media reports that president Gianni Infantino’s competition reform plan would include the sale of all of the body’s major commercial rights are b…
Eleven Sports appoints Mertens as Group COO
Anouk Mertens has been appointed as the new chief operating officer of Eleven Sports Group.
The international sports broadcaster announced the news today (Friday)
Amazon’s NFL viewing figures on the rise
Internet company Amazon has revealed that viewing figures for its coverage of the NFL’s Thursday Night Football games have increased by 22 per cent this season.
SportBusiness Consulting report finds global value of sports media rights reached $49.5bn in 2018
The global value of sports media rights reached $49.533bn (€43.782bn) in 2018, according to data released today by SportBusiness Consulting, up from $46.871bn in 2017.