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DAZN keeps hold of LaLiga rights in Germany, Austria
Subscription sports streaming broadcaster DAZN has retained rights in Germany and Austria to Spanish football’s LaLiga until the end of the 2025-26 season.
Sky reaction to Serie A loss boosts rights market but Milan court could end mini-boom
The value of the rights to second- and third-tier properties in Italy is enjoying a mini-boom in the wake of DAZN’s acquisition in March of the main live rights to Serie A for the next three seasons. Faced with the loss of its key property, Sky is fighting back, renewing deals with MotoGP and the Bundesliga and snatching rights currently held by DAZN, such as Serie B and Ligue 1.
World Skate awards Mediapro development, rights distribution role ahead of Tokyo bow
World Skate, the international federation for sports performed on skating wheels, has agreed a four-year deal with Mediapro for the agency and production group to market its events globally
Mediapro suffered €702m revenue hit in 2020
Mediapro has outlined how the Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in a €702m ($846.3
Mediapro meets deadline for €10m payment in LFP severance agreement
The Mediapro agency and production group has paid the second part of its severance agreement with France’s Professional Football League (LFP) following the withdrawal from its broadcast rights deal last y…
Téléfoot staff ‘hit out’ at redundancy plans
Staff at the now-defunct French pay-television broadcaster Téléfoot have expressed frustration with the redundancy proposals presented by the service’s owner, Spanish agency and production group Mediapro.
Mediapro in the market for CPL international broadcasters
Mediapro Canada, part of the international production and media-rights agency, has invited broadcasters to submit offers for Canadian Premier League rights in their territories, SportBusiness understands
Mediapro chief Roures says Laporta guarantee ‘neither loan nor donation’
Mediapro chief executive Jaume Roures has issued a statement distancing himself from a financial guarantee provided to Joan Laporta following his recent election as FC Barcelona president
LaLiga avoids dramatic decrease in Brazil with six-season ESPN renewal
Pay-television broadcaster ESPN has reduced its fee for rights to Spain’s LaLiga in Brazil, agreeing a six-season extension at a reduction of about 25 per cent on a per-season basis.
Mediapro seeks state aid, looks to restructure debts
The Mediapro agency is looking to restructure its debt and has applied for state aid as it seeks to secure its future in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic
TV Walter Abrahão’s World Cup qualifier deal collapses after default
Brazilian basic-tier broadcaster TV Walter Abrahão has defaulted on its very first rights payment for rights to South America's Fifa 2022 World Cup qualifying tournament, losing the rights just over a …
Strong competition boosts LaLiga rights value in Poland
LaLiga is the latest European football league to make gains in Poland, seeing the value of its rights in the country rise by nearly a third in a five-season renewal with Eleven Sports.
Belgian league nets ESPN+ exposure in wider deal across Americas
Live coverage of Belgian football’s Jupiler Pro League is to be shown in the US on subscription streaming service ESPN+ as part of a wider five-year agreement with the Disney-owned broadcaster.
Mediapro to sell Gold Cup, Concacaf Champions League international rights
The Mediapro agency has entered into a deal with Concacaf to help secure international media-rights deals for the regional soccer governing body's flagship tournaments, the Gold Cup and Scotiabank Champions…
OneSoccer secures Canadian broadcast rights to SheBelieves Cup
OneSoccer, Mediapro’s over-the-top sports streaming service in Canada, has secured broadcast rights in the country to the SheBelieves Cup and the Concacaf men's Olympic qualifying tournament.
LaLiga and Mediapro add ‘cutting-edge’ pitchside camera into live broadcast
LaLiga and Mediapro, the Spanish production group and rights agency, have incorporated a new state-of-the-art pitchside camera into the host broadcast of matches from the Spanish top flight
Serie A’s Mena bid deadline pushed back, Mediapro among domestic bidders
The bid deadline for broadcast rights to Serie A in the Middle East and North Africa has been pushed back by two weeks and will now fall at 10am (CET) on February 15
Eleven, Canal Plus divide up LaLiga rights in Poland
Subscription sports broadcaster Eleven Sports has acquired all rights in Poland to Spain’s LaLiga from the 2021-22 season onwards and has immediately agreed to sublicense half to pay-television broadcaster P…