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Amazon makes another Italian move with Juventus TV carriage
Amazon Prime, the video streaming arm of internet retail giant Amazon, has sealed a carriage deal in Italy for the television channel of Italian Serie A club Juventus
LeBron James’ SpringHill Company strikes multi-project deal with Audible
SpringHill Company, the media company founded by Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James and his business partner Maverick Carter, has struck a multi-project development deal with Amazon-owned audiobook…
Amazon entry cushions Champions League fee decline in Italy
Uefa has seen the value of its top-tier Champions League competition fall by a fifth in Italy for the coming 2021-24 cycle. But the drop has been cushioned by the entry of ecommerce giant Amazon, which has committed a considerable amount to acquire a package of rights.
Sky Italia, Mediaset poised to acquire remaining Champions League rights
Pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia and commercial broadcaster Mediaset are closing in on the final packages of rights to the Uefa Champions League in Italy for the 2021-24 cycle
Amazon picks up streaming rights to NFL Wild Card game
Online retail and streaming giant Amazon is continuing to expand its presence within the National Football League, securing rights to stream one of the league's two newly formed Wild Card playoff games,…
Amazon plans enhanced features for Thursday night NFL streaming
Online retail and video streaming giant Amazon is rolling out a series of new features and original programming for the October 8 start of its Thursday Night Football streaming for the National Football…
Amazon’s Autumn Nations Cup swoop triggers speculation over rugby intentions
Tech giant Amazon’s acquisition of UK rights to the Autumn Nations Cup competition has triggered a debate over whether the company will now embark upon a concerted push into rugby.
DAZN seals Bundesliga sublicensing deal to end rights uncertainty
Subscription OTT streaming service DAZN will broadcast Bundesliga matches in Germany next season, following uncertainty caused by the impact of a rights dispute between the German Football League (DFL)…
Premier League ‘makes extra matches available’ for 2020-21, but no free-to-air
The Premier League has reportedly decided to make an extra 20 matches available to its domestic broadcast partners for the forthcoming 2020-21 season, but has no plans for free-to-air coverage amid Covid-19
Jair Bolsonaro’s swipe at Globo injects yet more uncertainty into Brazilian football
The business of Brazilian club football is a minefield at the best of times, but a temporary change to the law by the country’s president Jair Bolsonaro has made it even trickier, especially for dominant media giant, Globo.
Sky ratings buoyed by Premier League return, Amazon to stream matches on Twitch
UK pay-television broadcaster Sky attracted a peak audience of 3
DFL’s short-term Amazon, DAZN deals seen as ‘strategic’ ahead of domestic tender
The German Football League’s (DFL) short-term Bundesliga deals with Amazon and DAZN are strategic moves ahead of this month’s domestic rights tender, industry experts have told SportBusiness Media.
Amazon to show its extra Premier League matches free-to-air
Tech giant Amazon will show free-to-air its four extra live Premier League matches this season, it said today (Wednesday)
Amazon continues non-exclusive Bundesliga coverage in new agreement
Retail giant Amazon has reached an agreement for its Prime Video service to provide live coverage of two more German Bundesliga matches this weekend for subscribers in Germany and Austria
DFL in longer-term negotiations after Amazon nets one-match Bundesliga deal
Online retail giant Amazon acquired domestic broadcast rights to the most recent Monday-evening Bundesliga match between Werder Bremen and Bayer Leverkusen in a direct deal with the German Football League…
Amazon’s NFL renewal unlikely to herald major push in next cycle
The Thursday Night Football renewal between US tech and retail giant Amazon and the National Football League makes sense for both parties. But it does not mark a staging post from which Amazon could disrupt the make-up of the NFL’s main media-rights partners in the next cycle, US media experts say.
NFL strikes three-year renewal with Amazon
The National Football League has struck a three-year contract extension with Amazon in which the ecommerce giant will continue to stream "Thursday Night Football" through the 2022 season
Bundesliga seals revised domestic deals, secures clubs finances if league resumes
The German Football League (DFL) has renegotiated deals with six of its seven domestic media-rights holders, which will secure payments – and thus cashflow for German clubs – in the next month. Discovery is the only broadcaster yet to reach an agreement.