News

Football

Polish public-service broadcaster TVP has agreed a rights deal for the II liga, the third tier of domestic club football
Boxing

World Boxing Super Series promoter Comosa has appointed the Protocol Sports Marketing agency to market global media-rights to the semi-finals and finals of the second season of the competition
Rugby Union

Pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports and commercial broadcaster Ten are set to secure rights in Australia to the 2019 Rugby World Cup, according to the Sydney Morning Herald

The AT&T-Time Warner merger fallout could see a shift in the leadership of Turner Sports. Jeff Zucker, president of CNN is being tapped to add the merged AT&T's sports programming to his management portfolio
Football

IMG-owned streaming platform Strive Sport has begun streaming Major League Soccer in Denmark, Norway and Sweden. Its coverage begins this weekend (March 2-3) with the start of the new MLS season
indycar

Pay-television broadcaster Sky has acquired multi-year exclusive broadcast rights in the UK to the North American IndyCar series starting from 2019, taking over coverage from rival BT Sport

David Levy is set to leave his position as president of media company Turner, according to multiple reports
Football

Greek public-service broadcaster ERT and pay-television broadcaster Cosmote have agreed sublicensing deals involving rights to the Champions League, Europa League and Formula One
Darts

Streaming platform DAZN has acquired exclusive rights in North America to this year’s edition of the UK Open darts event.
Table Tennis

The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) is seeking a long-term strategic partner to support its commercial vision for the sport