Formula 1
Norris win draws largest-ever live US audience for F1 Grand Prix
Lando Norris' first Formula 1 victory at the Miami Grand Prix on May 5 drew the largest live audience for an F1 race in the United States with 3.1 million tuning into ABC's telecast
DAZN snares Portuguese F1 rights from Sport TV from 2025
DAZN, the global sports streaming service and media company, has made a significant addition to its sports rights portfolio in Portugal, a three-year exclusive deal for Formula 1 motor racing.
BeIN F1 deal completes Qatari U-turn, takes investment past $1.3bn
After beIN walked away from its F1 rights in 2019, Qatar has since re-embraced F1, with the most recent investment being beIN's 10-year deal for F1 media rights in Mena and Turkey.
Viaplay retains F1 rights in Netherlands to 2029, renews in Nordics
Viaplay Group has cemented its future in the Netherlands until at least 2029, after today (Tuesday) signing off a multi-year Formula 1 rights renewal that also covers its home Nordic markets
Mediaset negotiates another free-to-air rights deal for Spanish GP
Mediaset España has again secured free-to-air rights to Formula 1’s Spanish Grand Prix in a deal negotiated with media group and subscription broadcaster DAZN.
F1 seeks to serve growing US fanbase with FAST channel
The Formula 1 Channel becomes the latest addition to F1’s portfolio of programming currently available for fans in the USA, supporting the core live offerings from ESPN and F1 TV.
Americas growth the target as Liberty finalises Dorna takeover
Liberty Media has targeted the Americas as the main growth region for MotoGP after striking a deal for Dorna Sports that values the series promoter and rights-holder at €4.2bn ($4.5bn).
F1 swaps D2C for FanCode deal in India
Streaming platform FanCode has secured exclusive F1 rights in India for 2024 and 2025, after the open-wheel racing series went direct-to-consumer in 2023.
Las Vegas Grand Prix boosts Formula 1’s financials
Formula 1 has seen its annual revenue grow to $3.22bn (€2.97bn), with the impact of its new Las Vegas Grand Prix particularly impacting its fourth quarter results as operating income rose by 164 per cent year-on-year.
BeIN recaptures F1 in Mena, adds Turkey in major 10-year deal
Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has agreed a 10-year deal for exclusive F1 rights across the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey, five years on from dropping rights in the Mena region over piracy concerns.
DAZN becomes F1’s primary rights-holder in Spain
OTT subscription sports broadcaster DAZN has become Formula 1’s new exclusive rights-holder in Spain through a three-season deal that ends telco Telefónica’s status as the motor-racing championship’s primary partner in the country.
RTBF extends Belgian F1 rights to 2027
Formula 1 has agreed a multi-year renewal of its deal with Belgium’s RTBF that will see the French-language public broadcaster continue to show action until 2027 across its Tipik and La Une channels, a…
Netflix to debut live sports streaming with special F1-PGA Tour match play event
Netflix is to venture into live sports streaming for the first time next month, when the stars of two of its popular sport docuseries compete in The Netflix Cup
Coupang deal shows F1 has room to grow in South Korea
South Korean e-commerce company Coupang secured exclusive streaming rights in South Korea to Formula 1 at a fee which shows the motor-racing series still has plenty of room to grow in the market.
Viaplay brings F1 TV Pro into Netherlands offering from 2024
F1 TV Pro, the premium version of Formula 1 motor racing's in-house streaming service, is to be made available to customers of Viaplay Group in the Netherlands from next year