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Strong competition serves up French Open rights boost in Europe
The Fédération Française de Tennis has increased the value of its European media rights by nearly 20 per cent in its pan-continental deal with US media giant Discovery, driven by strong competition for the rights.
Cash-strapped Rai powerless to stop Coppa Italia loss to Mediaset
Mounting debts and a lack of flexibility hampered Rai’s bid to retain Coppa Italia rights from 2021-22, leaving Italy’s public-service broadcaster without live, premium club football for at least the next three seasons.
DAZN deal points to new commercial era for Women’s Champions League
Uefa marketing director Guy-Laurent Epstein believes DAZN's new deal for media rights to the Uefa Women’s Champions League will take women’s football to new levels of popularity, unlocking its commercial potential in the process.
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For more than 20 years SportBusiness has been delivering the data, information, insight and analysis that make the world’s most successful sports sector businesses tick.
World Endurance Championship signs North American rights deal
Cable and satellite-television broadcaster Velocity has acquired rights in the US and Canada to the World Endurance Championship motor-racing series.
CBC Sports signs exclusive rights deal with Fina
The CBC Sports division of Canadian public-service broadcaster CBC has agreed a wide-ranging rights deal with Fina, the global governing body of aquatic sports.
UFC renews Canadian rights deal with Premium Sports
The Ultimate Fighting Championship mixed martial arts series has extended a rights deal in Canada with pay-per-view broadcast distributor Premium Sports.
DAZN takes on MLS Live in Canada, signs Pac-12 deal
DAZN, the OTT service operated by digital sports-media company Perform, has agreed a carriage deal in Canada for Major League Soccer’s MLS Live out-of-marketing streaming package, while it has also signed a rights partnership with Pac-12 Networks, the content and multi-platform media company for the Pac-12 US college sports conference.