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Media Football

LaLiga is set to be shown by streaming services only in Japan from next season, after securing a new rights agreement with U-Next and a renewal with DAZN
Media Skateboarding

Action sports network Fuel TV has renewed its deal with roller sports international governing body World Skate for live worldwide rights to all three qualifying events for the Paris 2024 Olympics
Fan Engagement Baseball

YES Network, the New York regional sports network, has launched a live stats feature to its app that runs in unison with New York Yankees Major League Baseball broadcasts
Media Tennis

Sky Deutschland has opted to make a handful of matches from tennis’ Wimbledon Championships available on a free-to-view basis after reaching a sublicensing agreement with the Axel Springer-owned Bild n…
Fan Engagement Mixed Martial Arts

The Ultimate Fighting Championship has extended its exclusive media rights deal in Indonesia with streaming platform Mola as part of a new “multi-year” agreement.
Media Multiple Sports

Commercially funded streaming service WedoTV has today (Tuesday) launched a free, ad-supported streaming television (FAST) sports channel in the DACH markets of Germany, Austria and Switzerland
Media Football

Japan coach Futoshi Ikeda has expressed his concern over the current impasse for domestic broadcast rights to the 2023 Fifa Women’s World Cup, stating that a lack of Japanese television coverage of the t…
Industry Moves Rugby Union

Richard Heaselgrave has left his role as chief revenue and fan engagement officer at World Rugby just over 18 months after taking up the post, SportBusiness understands
Media Rugby Union

Pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus pulled in its best ratings in nearly a decade for the final of the Top 14, the top division of French rugby union, while public broadcaster France Télévisions secured a…
Host Broadcast & Production Ice Hockey

Sportway Media Group (SMG) has agreed a deal with the Latvian Hockey Federation (LHF), the automated production and live streaming firm's first agreement in a Baltic country