News

Multi-sport

Subscription broadcaster Setanta Sports is planning to launch a second channel in Ukraine, having gone live with its service in the country just over six months ago
Football

The Premier League will continue to prefer broadcast-rights deals despite its moves to raise its capacity to adopt a direct-to-consumer model in the next cycle, the league’s executive director, Bill B…
Multi-sport

The NBC Olympics division of US media company NBCUniversal will partner with mobile-first video news outlet NowThis to produce content focused on United States Olympic and Paralympic athletes in the lead-up …
Football

The Asian Football Confederation has recruited Connie Heng, chief media officer at the Total Sports Asia agency, as its head of media rights
Football

Sportdigital Fussball, the subscription broadcaster in German-speaking countries, has acquired rights to the remainder of this season’s Superliga Argentina, the top tier of Argentinian football.
Baseball

Texas-based sports streaming operator FloSports has created a new centralized platform for its baseball content where more than 700 collegiate and youth league games will be shown this upcoming season
American Football

The National Football League’s Cleveland Browns have reached a long-term contract extension with News 5 in which the local Northeast Ohio broadcaster will remain the team’s official flagship station for…
Football

Italy’s antitrust authority (AGCM) has cleared the way for Italian football’s Lega Serie A to begin its sale of domestic broadcast rights from 2021-22 to 2023-24 after approving the guidelines set out…
Rugby Union

The member unions of the Six Nations rugby union tournament have agreed to pool their media rights, including autumn internationals and other test matches, ahead of the anticipated investment from CVC…
Multi-sport

CBS Sports has announced a strategic partnership with bookmaker William Hill, which will become the official sports book and wagering data provider across all CBS Sports platforms in the United States.