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Tennis

Craig Tiley, chief executive of Tennis Australia and tournament director of the Australian Open, has said that he expects the total losses from going ahead with the tournament to exceed A$99m (€64m/$78m) d…
Cricket

Cricket Australia has launched an invitation to tender process for its media rights in the UK for the 2021-22 Southern Hemisphere cricket season onwards, covering the coming season's Ashes Test series…
Football

French telecoms operator Free has written to France’s Professional Football League (LFP) asking for a reduction in its rights fee for a package of near-live rights to all 10 Ligue 1 matches each week, p…
American Football

The Walt Disney Co. is reportedly pushing back on the National Football League's desire to charge domestic rights partners double the amount they have been paying to broadcast games
Football

Chinese conglomerate Suning has said it will focus entirely on its retail business going forward, raising questions over the future of its investments in sports properties, which include Italian football…
Football

The legal case put forward by pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus against the recent broadcast rights auction run by France’s Professional Football League is to be heard on March 2.
Cricket

Sports data, technology and content solutions company Sportz Interactive (SI) has recently been appointed by News Corp Australia to create custom automated infographics and videographics for its coverage…
Football

The Football Association is looking to recruit a head of broadcast and international media rights representing the governing body’s portfolio of properties.
Handball

The recent IHF World Men’s Handball Championship can serve as a role model for major events held amid Covid-19 restrictions, while being an example to follow from a broadcast production point of view, a…
Motorsport

UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has renewed a rights agreement with Formula E ahead of the electric car-racing series’ 2021 season.