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FA’s Simmons outlines path to self-sustainability for WSL
The Women’s Super League, the top tier of women’s club football in England, still needs to go through a number of media-rights cycles before it is able to become self-sustainable, according to director of …
Production group Tinopolis undergoes financial restructure
Tinopolis Group, the international TV production and distribution group, has undertaken a major financial restructure after what it describes as “significant” damage caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.
BBC benefits from FA’s free-to-air objectives in WSL renewal
The Football Association’s desire for strong free-to-air coverage means the BBC will pay substantially less per match than pay-television partner Sky in the latest domestic cycle of England’s Women’s Super League.
Enhanced County Championship production as matches streamed on ECB app
The England and Wales Cricket Board will stream live coverage of this year's entire LV= Insurance County Championship for the first time
Recast appoints commercial director Cook to drive UK growth
Recast, the new UK-based direct-to-consumer video platform, has appointed James Cook as its commercial director
BT secures rights to climax of women’s top-tier rugby union league
Telco BT has secured domestic rights to the climax of this season’s top-tier English women’s Premier 15s rugby union competition, SportBusiness understands.
BT reduces fee in MotoGP renewal but will share live British GP rights
Telco BT will pay a slightly lower fee in its three-year renewal of MotoGP rights in the UK and Ireland as it will share live coverage of two Grands Prix – including the UK race – with a free-to-air broadcaster.
EXCLUSIVE: ITV closes in on rights to England women’s internationals
Commercial broadcaster ITV is close to agreeing a deal for the UK rights to England women’s football matches from next season, SportBusiness understands.
Discovery ‘targeting’ UK Ashes rights through Cricket Australia tender
Media group Discovery is in contention for Cricket Australia’s ongoing UK broadcast rights tender, with the company reported to be specifically interested in the next edition of the Ashes series between A…
WRU sets ‘red line’ over live Welsh-language free-to-air Six Nations coverage
The Welsh Rugby Union has said that ensuring Wales’ Six Nations matches remain live on free-to-air television in the Welsh language is a “red line” in ongoing discussions over the UK broadcast rights from …
ECB could offer BCCI ‘slice of media revenues’ to lure IPL players to The Hundred
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has reportedly discussed giving Indian Premier League teams a 25 per-cent stake in The Hundred franchises and offering the Indian cricket board a share of the…
OneFootball adds DFB, Borussia Dortmund and Tottenham as shareholders
The German Football Federation (DFB), Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund and Premier League outfit Tottenham Hotspur have become the latest shareholders in football media platform OneFootball
Entain, Arena Racing sign long-term horse and greyhound racing deal
Sports betting and gaming operator Entain and UK racecourse operator Arena Racing Company have sealed a long-term horse racing media rights deal and also established a joint venture for greyhound racing
ITV secures future free-to-air Extreme E exclusivity, KSA lands Saudi rights
UK free-to-air network ITV has become the latest broadcaster to agree a rights deal for Extreme E, the new electric off-road racing series
Sky, BBC secure Women’s Super League domestic rights in ‘landmark’ deals
England’s Football Association has announced that its top-tier Women’s Super League will “bring in more revenue than any women’s domestic league in the world” after it secured lucrative domestic media rig…
BT Sport becomes latest UK broadcaster to acquire Extreme E rights
UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport is the latest company to have penned a deal to broadcast races from motorsport series Extreme E
Virgin Media adds Top Rank, Premier Boxing Champions events via FITE PPV deal
UK telco Virgin Media has agreed a carriage deal with pay-per-view platform Fite, giving its pay-television subscribers access to Top Rank, Premier Boxing Champions and All-Elite Wrestling events that…