News

Sailing

Australian pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports has agreed a rights deal to cover the 2018 Extreme Sailing Series.

Football

Qatar’s beIN Media Group has made 22 matches from the 2018 Fifa World Cup available via its free-to-air channels in the Middle East and North Africa following pressure over access to the national team football tournament from multiple markets in the region.

Baseball

Major League Baseball franchise the New York Yankees is considering buying back US regional pay-television sports broadcaster Yes Network, according to multiple reports.

Football

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has extended a rights deal in France for Serie A, the top division of Italian football.

Football

International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports has acquired rights in Portugal to Ligue 1, the top division of French club football.

Cricket

DAZN, the OTT service operated by digital sports media company Perform, has acquired rights in Canada to a host of international cricket content.

The European Broadcasting Union’s head of winter and indoor sport is to leave the organisation in the coming weeks, TV Sports Markets understands.

Football

Pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia and digital sports content and media group Perform have acquired domestic rights to Serie A, the top division of Italian football, in deals worth a total of €973.3m ($1.166bn) per season.

Multi-sport

Comcast has tabled a $65bn (€55bn) all-cash offer for a significant share of rival US media company 21st Century Fox’s business assets, challenging a deal struck in December between the latter and media giant Disney.

Football

Swedish media company Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) has sealed its third major rights deal this week by extending its agreement with the Premier League, the top division of English club football.