MENA
Rise Worldwide appointed as exclusive agency of Abu Dhabi T10 league
Sports marketing company Rise Worldwide has been appointed as the exclusive commercial and media rights agency for the Abu Dhabi T10 cricket league in a multi-year mandate
AFC agrees rights deal with Oman Sport Channel for World Cup qualifiers
State-backed broadcaster Oman Sport Channel has picked up the media rights to the Asian zone qualifiers for the 2022 Fifa World Cup
ACB pens rights renewals in Turkey and Israel
The Liga ACB, Spain’s top-flight basketball competition, has struck deals with broadcasters in Turkey and Israel, continuing its spree of renewals in recent weeks.
PRO Company acquires AFC rights in Iraq
Marketing firm PRO Company has acquired the media rights for Asian Football Confederation competitions in the 2021 to 2024 cycle
Serie B broadcast deals secured in Romania, Israel
Helbiz Media, Lega Serie B’s global media rights distributor, has announced deals for the second tier of Italian club football with the Athletic Sports Group agency in Romania and pay-television broadcaster T…
Bundesliga close to broadcast ‘solution’ in Mena region
Bundesliga International, the global rights sales arm of the German Bundesliga, is moving closer to re-establishing live coverage in the Middle East and North Africa following the expiry of its deal with…
Collins Cup rights secured by beIN in Mena region, US and Canada
The Collins Cup, the flagship event of the Professional Triathletes Organisation, is to be shown by subscription broadcaster beIN Media Group across the Middle East and North Africa, USA and Canada
Serie A backs DAZN-Sky public places rights deal, YouTube streams games in Mena
Lega Serie A, the organising body of the top division of Italian club football, has welcomed a request from OTT subscription broadcaster DAZN to sublicense a package of rights in public places to pay-television…
Landmark Hebrew coverage on Israeli linear TV for ESL Pro Tour
ESL Gaming, the Modern Times Group-owned esports company, has struck an exclusive broadcast deal in Israel with The Gaming Channel
BeIN: Cyber attacks against Al-Khelaïfi and others a ‘daily reality’
Pay-television broadcaster beIN Media Group has confirmed its chairman, Nasser Al-Khelaïfi, and other officials have been the subject of “malicious hacks and threats”.
Qatar involvement drives beIN deal for Concacaf Gold Cup rights
Pay-television broadcaster beIN Media Group has acquired exclusive broadcast rights to the Concacaf Gold Cup across various territories, including its home market of the Middle East and North Africa
StarzPlay and Premier Sports team up in Mena region for Lions streaming
Subscription video-on-demand service StarzPlay has agreed a deal with rugby union-focused streaming platform Premier Sports to carry exclusive streaming coverage in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena)…
Serie A to hold new negotiations in bid to end Mena rights stalemate
Lega Serie A is to enter a new phase of negotiations as it continues its attempts to derive a satisfactory value from its broadcast rights in the Middle East and North Africa from 2021-22 to 2023-24
Uefa club competition value falls in beIN Mena renewal
Sources say the deal represents a decrease of about 25 per cent compared to beIN’s previous deal, from 2018-19 to 2020-21.
Uefa club competition rights retained by beIN in Mena region
Pay-television broadcaster beIN Media Group has retained exclusive broadcast rights to Uefa club competitions in the Middle East and North Africa in a key renewal announced this morning
US calls for improvement in IP enforcement as Saudi Arabia remains on priority watchlist
The United States Trade Representative office, the government organisation responsible for advising US trade policy, has called on Saudi Arabia to improve its enforcement of IP protection as the Kingdom…
SportBusiness establishes presence in evolving Mena region with Dubai office
In announcing today (Thursday) the opening of an office in Dubai, SportBusiness Group is establishing a local presence in a constantly evolving region on the cusp of further expansion and that remains…
Eleventh-hour tender issued for Mena broadcast rights to Uefa club competitions
An invitation to tender has finally been issued in the Middle East and North Africa for broadcast rights to Uefa club competitions, a rights property that has long been held by Doha-based pay-television…