Media
Beach Soccer Worldwide taps Protocol to distribute media rights
Beach Soccer Worldwide has selected the Protocol Sports Marketing agency to lead its global media rights distribution as part of a multi-year deal
Infront to distribute Great Ocean Road Race globally, Seven renews domestic rights
The Infront agency has struck an exclusive international media rights agreement with Australia’s Great Ocean Road Race, while commercial broadcaster Seven has renewed an agreement to provide domestic c…
Learfield extends deal with University of Alabama, adds NIL center
The University of Alabama's athletics department has extended its multimedia rights deal with Learfield in a 15-year agreement, marking one of the longest deals of its kind in American collegiate athletics
EBU, Warner Bros. Discovery aim for improved content promotion in Olympics deal
The European Broadcasting Union and Warner Bros. Discovery intend to discuss greater cross promotion of Olympic content following the pair’s joint four-Games rights deal in Europe.
Sky Italia nets Club World Cup rights
Italian pay-TV broadcaster Sky Italia has secured rights to broadcast the 2022 Fifa Club World Cup, which is taking place in Morocco next month.
Sky Sport will show all seven matches live
ICC retains social media leadership, volleyball on the rise in BCW rankings
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has retained its stranglehold on BCW Sports’ International Sports Federation Social Media Ranking, with Volleyball World being the year’s big climber.
HBA ups Pegasus World Cup global reach
Rights distribution agency HBA Media has secured three new broadcasters for this year’s edition of US horse racing event the Pegasus World Cup.
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HBS hires DirecTV Latin America’s Rocha to head up North American business
Host Broadcast Services, the Infront-owned sports broadcast production company, has formed a North American subsidiary based in the US city of Miami, hiring long-serving DirecTV Latin America executive,…
Canal Plus picks up Club World Cup rights in France
French pay-TV broadcaster Canal Plus has acquired rights to the 2022 Fifa Club World Cup, which is taking place in Morocco next month
Association of Pickleball Professionals lands deals with CBS, ESPN
The Association of Pickleball Professionals (APP) has announced broadcast deals with CBS Sports and ESPN as the league's fourth season gets underway
RMC Sport remains UFC broadcast home in France
RMC Sport, the French subscription broadcaster owned by telco Altice, has agreed a multi-year extension to its rights deal for mixed martial arts promotion the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)
NBA, Meta put VR at heart of deal extension
The National Basketball Association has signed a virtual reality-focused multiyear deal extension with global tech giant Meta
Mola nets Conmebol club competitions in Italy, non-exclusive Primera División rights
Streaming service Mola has acquired exclusive rights in Italy to South America’s Copa Libertadores, Copa Sudamericana and Recopa Sudamericana from 2023 to 2026.
OneFootball offers PPV Copa do Nordeste, adds Italy’s Serie C to content portfolio
Media platform OneFootball has agreed a sublicensing deal with pay-television broadcaster Nosso Futebol for pay-per-view rights to Brazilian club competition the Copa do Nordeste, while it has signed its…
Tivùsat targets Serie A distribution role during next rights cycle
Italian free-to-air digital satellite television provider Tivùsat has expressed its interest in carrying live coverage of Serie A during the next broadcast rights cycle for domestic football in Italy.
Shinai lands exclusive Women’s World Cup digital rights in China
Shinai Sports, the company that operates streaming platform iQiyi Sports, has acquired exclusive digital media rights in China to the 2023 Fifa Women’s World Cup.
BeIN ends Atalanta Serie A broadcasts in France over Plus500 ruling
Pay-TV broadcaster beIN Sports has been forced to cease broadcasts in France of Italian Serie A football matches featuring Atalanta owing to regulatory concerns over the club’s main sponsor, financial t…
Pac-12 fires two executives over failure to disclose distribution partner overpayments
The Pac-12 Conference has fired two senior executives after an independent investigation found that they failed to disclose overpayments by a distribution partner dating back to 2016