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Amazon in free-to-air talks over all-Milan Champions League tie
Online retail giant Amazon must sublicense rights to the first leg of the eagerly-anticipated Milan Derby in the Uefa Champions League semi-final, after it was ruled the match must be shown in Italy on…
Amazon retains domestic rights to French Open night sessions
Amazon's loss of major tennis rights in the UK hasn't dented its desire for the sport elsewhere, as the internet retailer has renewed its deal with the French Tennis Federation (FFT) for a package of domestic…
Champions League value sees minor increase as German challenges laid bare
Uefa will see a slight increase in the value of its Champions League media rights in Germany amid tough conditions for rights-holders as a result of macroeconomic gloom, cost-cutting and uncertainty over the potential sale of pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland.
Amazon ‘renews Copa do Brasil rights until 2026’
Amazon is thought to have renewed its agreement with Brazilian free-to-air broadcaster Globo for sublicensed rights to the Copa do Brasil
Amazon and J Sports acquire rights in Japan for World Baseball Classic
Amazon Prime Video and J Sports have acquired media rights in Japan for the upcoming World Baseball Classic national team competition
Start of Amazon’s ‘TNF’ helps lead to dip in NFL viewership
League finishes the 2022 regular season down slightly in domestic viewership, but several linear networks posted audience gains
Ekstraklasa secures increased Canal Plus fee after streamer talks
The Polish Ekstraklasa has increased its domestic media rights fee with Canal Plus despite the absence of bids from Viaplay and Amazon.
MLB scores big audience win over NFL for World Series Game 5
Baseball easily prevails in head-to-head programming battle
Prime Video adds alternate ‘TNF’ stream with ‘The Shop’
Prime Video announced it will collaborate with Uninterrupted's Emmy-award winning show The Shop as part of an alternate stream offering for the National Football League's Thursday Night Football.
Amazon to stream newly created Black Friday NFL game in 2023
League extends its presence to yet another major American holiday
Amazon averages audience of 13 million for first ‘TNF’ game
Online retail and streaming giant beats expectations
Amazon hopeful for banner audience results from start of ‘TNF’
Company calls initial exclusive NFL game a 'resounding success'
Amazon, Apple ‘passed on’ LIV Golf media rights deal in US
Technology giants Amazon and Apple both reportedly passed on the opportunity to become the media rights partner of Saudi-backed startup LIV Golf in the United States, highlighting the difficulties the…
SFR to launch combined RMC Sport, Amazon Ligue 1 offering
French telco SFR will launch a new subscription package combining its RMC Sport pay-television channels with the Ligue 1 domestic football offering provided by the streaming service Amazon Prime Video
ICC looking for IPL-scale uplift as broadcasters prepare bids
The International Cricket Council is anticipating its media rights income to track the recent growth of the Indian Premier League as the sport’s global governing body takes its rights to the Indian market.
Amazon sheds ‘frugal’ tag with UK Champions League play
Amazon blew away the competition for rights to the Tuesday-night Champions League rights package in the UK, emerging victorious from what sources described as “the most competitive” process for Uefa club competition rights the market has ever produced.
BBC lands Champions League highlights as BT pays £305m per year for bulk of Uefa rights
UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has acquired highlights rights to the Uefa Champions League for the first time, while pay-television broadcaster BT Sport has announced an extended deal for the bulk…
Amazon and BT to split UK Champions League rights from 2024-25
BT Sport and Amazon have each acquired Uefa Champions League rights in the UK from 2024-25 onwards after submitting successful first-round bids, SportBusiness understands.