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Boxing

French pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has agreed a two-year deal with Top Rank for exclusive rights in the country to the US boxing promoter’s events.
Football

Comcast and NBCUniversal’s new Peacock subscription streaming video service will debut live sports later this month when the English Premier League makes its return from the global Covid-19 pandemic.
Multi-sport

Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group has extended its distribution deal with Swedish internet service provider Bahnhof, adding its premium sports channels for the first time
Aquatics

Brazilian media group Globo has been ordered to pay costs totalling R$177,400 ($34,500/€30,500) to the Brazilian Confederation of Water Sports (CBDA) as the payment dispute between the two parties intensified.
Wrestling

World Wrestling Entertainment has named Bandar Al-Mashhadi as its new vice-president and general manager in the Middle East and North Africa region, replacing the incumbent Carlo Nohra
Multi-sport

Research by video software provider Synamedia has found that 51 per cent of sports fans watch pirated sports streaming services at least once a month, despite 89 per cent of consumers having a subscription…
Multi-sport

The BBC, the UK public-broadcaster, has named Tim Davie, chief executive of its BBC Studios commercial subsidiary, as the successor to director general Tony Hall
Cricket

UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has acquired highlights rights to the England cricket team’s Test and one-day international matches this summer, while it has also agreed a deal to cover the V-Series W…
Football

Sky Italia and sports rights-holders have been dealt a blow after Italy’s Council of State restored the restriction that bars the pay-television broadcaster from acquiring exclusive content rights over i…
Football

Discovery-owned international sports broadcaster Eurosport has announced its plans to broadcast Norway’s Eliteserien across its linear and OTT streaming platforms across Europe.