Mediapro
Mediapro readying €1bn fund for sports IP investments
Mediapro is to launch and manage a €1bn ($1.1bn) fund to be used for the acquisition of sports intellectual property, including media rights, worldwide, the Spanish media and broadcast production group has revealed.
Mediapro bemoans Win Sports’ ‘unjustifiable’ contract termination
Mediapro has described the termination of its long-held Colombian league production services agreement with pay-television broadcaster Win Sports as both abrupt and unjustifiable
Mediapro back in the black for 2023
Mediapro registered a profit of €12m ($13.3m) in 2023 as revenues rose narrowly to €1.2bn but remained well short of levels enjoyed before the Covid-19 pandemic.
SportyTV bolsters European football portfolio
The Sporty Group has solidified its free-to-air football rights portfolio in Ghana and Nigeria in long-term deals for LaLiga, Serie A and the English Football League
LaLiga seeks five-season TV deal in Hungary
Broadcasters in Hungary have been invited to bid for LaLiga broadcast rights as the Spanish league looks to secure a new five-season agreement, SportBusiness understands.
New World TV adds two heavyweight European leagues
New World TV has added rights to both LaLiga and Serie A as the Togo-based pay-television broadcaster continues to amass European football rights in sub-Saharan Africa
RTVE ‘opts against’ LaLiga free-to-air bid
RTVE has voted against proceeding with a bid to bring coverage of LaLiga back to public-service television in Spain
DAZN pays slight uplift to renew LaLiga rights in Italy
DAZN staved off competition from Sky Italia to renew its exclusive LaLiga rights in Italy for five further years at a slight uplift.
LaLiga fee stable in Portugal as DAZN shores up content
DAZN renewed its exclusive LaLiga rights in Portugal for five years, following two previous three-year deals, in the face of competition from rival Sport TV.
BeIN has prized LaLiga rights locked up in France
BeIN Sports France's hold of exclusive LaLiga rights comes with the property sure to enjoy a surge in interest in Kylian Mbappé’s home country following his high-profile move to Real Madrid.
Mediapro adds to DTC offering with GolStadium return
Mediapro has brought back its GolStadium sports streaming platform, with a range of international football, tennis and extreme sports to be part of the initial offering
LaLiga opts for non-exclusive rights move in sub-Saharan Africa
LaLiga is to have at least two English-language broadcasters in sub-Saharan Africa from next season, after non-exclusive rights were sold to pay-television's StarTimes and Tanzania-based Azam Media.
Migu deal gives Chinese Super League stability after five years of crisis
The five-season deal unveiled in February between the Chinese Super League and telco China Mobile has almost doubled the media-rights income of the league.
EXCLUSIVE: CPL set to continue on OneSoccer after Mediapro-CSB talks
Mediapro’s football streaming service OneSoccer looks set to continue offering live coverage of the Canadian Premier League (CPL) during the 2024 season after conciliatory talks were held with Canadian S…
Mediapro mired in C$250m Canadian football litigation as CPL future uncertain
Mediapro faces a legal claim from Canadian Soccer Business amounting to C$250m ($186m/€172m) over the premature end to the agency’s 10-year contract for the production, broadcast and distribution of Canadian football.
Seibert joins Mediapro management committee amid wider restructure
Mediapro has reorganised its business structure, part of which will see industry veteran Oliver Seibert joining the management committee and officially heading the agency and production group's sports…
LaLiga rights bids due next week in Italy, Portugal
Broadcasters in Italy and Portugal interested in acquiring rights to LaLiga from next season onwards must lodge their offers by midday (CET) on January 9, SportBusiness understands
RFEF set to bury hatchet and award Mediapro VAR contract
The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) has provisionally awarded its video assistant referee (VAR) services to the Mediapro agency and broadcast production group, while Hawk-Eye has been given a contract to provide semi-automatic offside detection technology (SAOT).