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Football

The Bundeskartellamt, Germany’s federal cartel office, has given the all clear for the German Football League (DFL) to launch its invitation to tender for domestic Bundesliga rights.
Football

The Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) has given French pay-television broadcasters Canal Plus and beIN Sports access to a host of archive content for free following the postponement of 2019-20 Ligue…
Multi-sport

The Nordic Entertainment Group (Nent) has announced further measures to protect itself against the impact of Covid-19, including that it will not be paying any rights fees for postponed properties until…
Multi-sport

Pan-African pay-television operator MultiChoice has opened up its premium SuperSport channels to non-subscribers until April 30 as the Covid-19 outbreak begins to affect the African market
Motorsport

The International Motorcycling Federation’s (FIM) Motocross World Championship (MXGP) has renewed a rights agreement in France with motorsport-focused channel Automoto La Chaîne.
Horse Racing

UK commercial broadcaster ITV has struck a deal to show live coverage of tomorrow’s (Saturday’s) Irish horse-racing meet in Thurles.
Football

Fifa has opened up its match archive across its multiple content channels and is calling on fans to vote to watch their favourite World Cup matches in response to the Covid-19 outbreak
Esports

US stock car racing series Nascar has reached an agreement with domestic broadcast partner Fox Sports to air its new esports competition, the eNascar iRacing Pro Invitational Series
Basketball

Chinese digital media company Tencent reported large increases in revenues and profits in 2019, but warned of the impact on its business of the coronavirus epidemic
Multi-sport

Content Arena, the online media-rights trading platform, has moved to promote its archive of non-live multi-sports content for sale in the wake of Covid-19’s ongoing effect on the sporting calendar.