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Basketball

Pay-television platform Cignal TV and telco Smart Communications, sister companies owned by telco PLDT, have become the NBA's main media-rights partners in the Philippines in a multi-year deal
Football

Uefa, European football’s governing body, issued a request for proposals today (Monday) for anti-piracy services to protect its main competitions.
Football

Luxembourg-based media company Fuchs Sports has agreed a five-season deal with the French Football Federation for digital rights to National 2 and National 3, the fourth and fifth tiers of the domestic…
Golf

International streaming service GolfTV has launched in Russia on telco Rostelecom’s digital video service, Wink, making it the first country where GolfTV is shown as a linear channel.
Multi-sport

Glen Killane, the new executive director of Eurovision Sport, is looking to emphasise the positioning of the sports arm of the European Broadcasting Union, ridding it of a lingering perception among sections…
Handball

DOSB New Media, which operates the online streaming service, Sportdeutschland.TV, has extended its deal for rights in Germany to the country’s second-tier 2. Handball-Bundesliga until 2022-23.
Multi-sport

CBC Gem, the OTT platform of Canadian public service broadcaster CBC, has signed a carriage with the International Olympic Committee to carry the body’s Olympic Channel TV.
Football

Spanish agency and production group Mediapro has reportedly reached an agreement with telco Altice to co-broadcast Uefa club competitions next season in France, and allow Altice’s SFR platform to distribute t…
Ice Hockey

The National Hockey League has unveiled a series of in-game innovations for its expanded Stanley Cup playoffs, which are being held in the Canadian markets of Toronto and Edmonton in the wake of the global…
Football

The Asian Football Confederation has moved to defend itself against piracy and ambush marketing with the creation of a working group that will include Tom Liston, former managing director of marketing…