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Germany Football

Online retail giant Amazon has been granted a licence for nationwide live broadcasts on its Prime Video subscription streaming service in Germany as it prepares to begin its Uefa Champions League coverage…
China Motorsport

Chinese sports streaming platform Zhibo.tv has agreed a five-year deal for media rights for the MotoGP motorcycle racing world championship, beginning with the 2021 season. Zhibo
Indian Subcontinent Football

The Discovery-owned Eurosport India has acquired rights for the Indian national football team's friendlies against Oman and the United Arab Emirates
Brazil Football

The IMG agency is claiming up to $11.5m (€9.8m) in a legal case between itself and DAZN over the OTT subscription broadcaster’s terminated deal for Serie A broadcast rights in Brazil.
Global Football

OneFootball, the football-based media platform, has further underlined its ambitions in the media rights space with the recruitment of Nikolaus von Doetinchem, an experienced media rights executive at…
France Football

Staff at the now-defunct French pay-television broadcaster Téléfoot have expressed frustration with the redundancy proposals presented by the service’s owner, Spanish agency and production group Mediapro.
Ireland Wrestling

US wrestling promotion WWE will receive coverage through an Irish broadcast platform for the first time after agreeing a deal with Virgin Media, the telecoms operator, commercial and pay-television broadcaster
USA Football

The CBS Sports division of US network CBS has continued a busy week of soccer rights acquisitions by announcing details of its coverage of Argentinian club competitions
USA Baseball

Major League Baseball’s Miami Marlins, as expected, have completed a multiyear local rights renewal with Bally Sports Florida, solidifying one of its critical revenue streams and making them the last c…
Global Basketball

Sports media and data firm Sportradar is to distribute international media rights for the Chinese Basketball Association League under a new multi-year deal beginning with the current season