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Multi-sport

Australia’s federal government has granted pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports a further A$10m (€6.2m/$7.15m
Baseball

Pay-television broadcaster Sky has agreed a two-season rights deal to cover Major League Baseball in Italy. The deal takes in the impending 2020 season, as well as the 2021 campaign
Football

The Uruguayan Football Association (AUF) and the Tenfield agency have reached a deal which will see every match from the country’s top flight broadcast for the remainder of the season.
Multi-sport

WAVE.tv, the California-based sports media company, has closed a Series A funding round worth $32m (€27.6m) to help build its roster of media brands and acquire companies.
Football

Twitch, the Amazon-owned online streaming platform primarily associated with esports, has made its most significant move yet in ‘traditional’ sports with the creation of a standalone sports vertical on …
Cricket

The inaugural Emirates D10 cricket tournament begins this week in Dubai, marking the return of cricket in the United Arab Emirates after the Covid-19 shutdown
Multi-sport

Sinclair Broadcast Group is continuing the executive leadership transition for its sports assets, expanding the duties of company veteran and current chief development officer Scott Shapiro to also include…
Football

Greg O’Rourke, chief executive of Australia’s A-League, has admitted that audience ratings on pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports since the season’s resumption have been “disappointing”, with clubs set…
Motorsport

Australian motor-racing series Supercars is close to new domestic media-rights agreements with pay-television broadcaster Foxtel and free-to-air broadcaster Seven for 2021 onwards
Golf

French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has renewed its rights to the European Tour and Ryder Cup golf competitions in a multi-year deal running from 2021