News

Media Multiple Sports

The French competition authority, the Autorité de la Concurrence, has found that the proposed merger between free-to-air commercial broadcasters M6 and TF1 raises a number of “significant” competition conc…
Media NFL

The National Football League and leading United States-based satellite and digital radio network SiriusXM have unveiled a five-year extension of their broadcasting and marketing agreement.
Media Football

German commercial broadcaster RTL has purchased sublicensed rights to next month’s Uefa Super Cup final between Eintracht Frankfurt and Real Madrid.
Finance & Law Multiple Sports

Pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has claimed a first for the Polish market through action that has led to the disabling of online portals offering pirated content, and their subsequent repurposing…
Host Broadcast & Production Esports

Esports organiser and media company ESL Gaming has agreed a three-year deal with Gravity Media to deliver production services for its global esports events
Finance & Law Multiple Sports

Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset has announced it will receive compensation in excess of €500,000 ($506,000) as a result of a court ruling it has secured against online platform Rojadirecta.
Media Football

French telco SFR will launch a new subscription package combining its RMC Sport pay-television channels with the Ligue 1 domestic football offering provided by the streaming service Amazon Prime Video
Media Golf

Commercial network ServusTV has acquired free-to-air rights in Germany and Austria to LIV Golf’s inaugural Invitational Series.
Media Basketball

The Chinese Basketball Association is suing video-sharing platform Bilibili for RMB406m ($60m/€59m) in a potentially landmark copyright infringement case in China.
Media Football

Global streaming service DAZN has secured media rights to the Soccer Champions Tour in Italy and Canada, in addition to existing rights in Japan