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DAZN’s willingness to pay an increased rights fee – and its low price point for consumers – were the crucial factors in its successful bid for MotoGP rights in Spain this month. DAZN

Australian commercial broadcaster Ten has renewed its free-to-air rights to the MotoGP motorcycling series in new three-year deal, from 2019 to 2021
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Sports broadcaster Eurosport has had its grip on MotoGP rights across Europe weakened in recent times, despite its renewal of rights in the Netherlands.
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Commercial broadcaster Servus TV has extended its MotoGP rights deal in Austria and has become the new home of the motorcycling championship in Germany
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Pay-television platform Sky Italia and Perform Group’s OTT service DAZN will probably both be happy with the outcome of an intense period of rights negotiations in Italy.

Thai digital terrestrial broadcaster PPTV has acquired rights to the MotoGP motorcycling championship.

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Telco BT will pay an increase of about 140 per cent to keep hold of exclusive MotoGP media rights in the UK and Ireland.

The MotoGP motorcycling world championship has opted to shorten some of its races to enable broadcast partners to better plan their race day programming.

Pay-television broadcaster MTV Finland has agreed a one-season extension to its rights deal for MotoGP as the motorcycling championship prepares to return to the country next year.

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Dorna Sports has prevented a decline in the value of MotoGP rights in Greece, renewing its deal earlier this month with Cosmote for about the same fee.

OSN’s acquisitions of rights to the Ultimate Fighting Championship, MotoGP and the Superbike World Championship represent a more aggressive strategy from the pay-television operator, but doesn’t herald the beginning of fierce competition for top-tier rights with beIN Media Group.

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MotoGP will be shown live in Finland again this season after a one-year hiatus, although it will be earning about 60 per cent less than from its last live rights deal in the country.

Middle Eastern pay-television operator OSN has acquired rights to the MotoGP and Superbike World Championship (WorldSBK) motorcycle-racing series.

Japanese pay-television broadcaster J Sports has extended an agreement for rights to the Superbike World Championship (WorldSBK) motorcycling series.
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Will Partington, research analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, examines television audiences for motorcycling’s MotoGP World Championship in selected European markets.

Australian commercial broadcaster Ten and pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports have renewed rights contracts for the MotoGP motorcycling series, while the latter has also extended an agreement to cover the Superbike World Championship (WorldSBK).

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Hungarian broadcaster TV2 has made aggressive moves into the sports-rights market in recent weeks, acquiring English Premier League, National Hockey League and MotoGP rights.

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MotoGP’s deals in the Americas with beIN Media Group and ESPN have significantly increased the value of the motorcycling series in the region.