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Uefa has been working on an OTT service to house competitions and content outside of its flagship Champions League and Europa League club competitions
Football

StarTimes has completed another long-term deal for an African domestic league, this time in Senegal for the country’s top tier, Ligue 1.

Anthony Joshua’s latest defence of his WBA, IBF and WBO titles on September 22 will air exclusively in Canada on Perform-owned streaming platform DAZN.
Football

StarTimes has acquired exclusive English- and Portuguese-language rights to the Uefa Europa League in sub-Saharan Africa, filling out its football portfolio for the next three seasons
Basketball

Reports in Brazil suggest the International Basketball Federation (Fiba) will receive no media rights income from the country until at least 2020, after its deal with Esporte Interativo collapsed
Football

Telco Singtel has acquired rights in Singapore to the English FA Cup, Dutch Eredivisie, and Chinese Super League via a deal with the IMG agency, The duration of Singtel’s deal is unknown. IMG
Football

Pay-television broadcaster ESPN has enhanced its coverage of Italian football in the US by acquiring rights to the Coppa Italia and Supercoppa Italiana
Motorsport

Another content partnership in the UK will allow commercial broadcaster Channel 4 to show live coverage of the Formula One British Grand Prix in 2019, along with highlights from all races that season.
Olympic Games

Sports broadcaster Eurosport has further grown its collection of Olympic sports rights, agreeing a deal for United World Wrestling events

Oli Slipper, co-founder of digital media company Perform, has been appointed executive chairman of the Pitch International agency