Media

Multiple Sports
Denmark

Viaplay Denmark is raising the price of its all-encompassing subscription package by 11 per cent to DK499 (€66.95/$72.04) per month.
Football
Germany

The German Football League (DFL) is coming under increasing pressure to hold another vote into its decision to take on private investment and potentially drop the plan altogether following another weekend…
Football
Poland

Matches from Poland’s Ekstraklasa are returning to free-to-air television in the country after TVP finally settled the details of a sublicensing agreement with pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus.
Football
Germany

Premier League broadcast rights have been retained in German-speaking countries by Sky Deutschland until the end of the 2027-28 season
Football
Japan

Live coverage of Dutch football's Eredivisie is to return to Japanese television screens this month after the IMG agency secured an agreement with commercial broadcaster Fuji TV
Football
Brazil

Libra has stolen a march on Liga Forte União (LFU) by signing a letter of intent with media giant Globo over a five-year domestic rights deal, albeit talks between the two rival collectives in Brazilian …
Multiple Sports
USA

Fox's new sports streaming service with ESPN and Warner Bros. Discovery that shocked the US media market this week will not affect its lucrative pay-TV business, executive chair and CEO Lachlan Murdoch has insisted.
Rugby Union
South Africa

South Africa Rugby is to establish a commercial vehicle to manage its media and sponsorship rights after striking an agreement with Ackerley Sports Group (ASG), a new unit of the US investment firm
Multiple Sports
Australia

Australian pay-television broadcaster Foxtel has recorded a 14-per-cent drop in earnings, citing increased media rights fees for sports properties as a key driver of the loss
Basketball
Global

DAZN has followed up its 10-year deal to distribute NFL Game Pass with a similar agreement to carry the International Basketball Federation’s (Fiba’s) Courtside 1891 basketball OTT streaming platform globally.
Multiple Sports
USA

ESPN's flagship direct-to-consumer service is set to be in place by the start of the 2025 National Football League season, making the full suite of ESPN's channels available in a standalone service
Multiple Sports
United Kingdom

The average UK viewing time for women’s sport across free-to-air and pay-television rose by 16 per cent in 2023, driven in large part by the bumper audiences for the 2023 Fifa Women’s World Cup.
Baseball
USA

Netflix is getting into professional baseball for the first time, with the entertainment streaming giant today (Wednesday) revealing plans for two projects with Major League Baseball surrounding the Boston…
Rugby League
United Kingdom

Super League, the top tier of rugby league in the UK, will receive live coverage on the BBC for the first time after the public-service broadcaster struck a new three-year deal with Rugby League Commercial, the league’s commercial rights-holder.
Multiple Sports
Nordics

Norwegian media group Schibsted has withdrawn its short-lived investment in Viaplay, the embattled pay-television broadcaster refocusing its core business on the Nordic region
Multiple Sports
USA

ESPN, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery have announced plans to launch a joint venture streaming service later this year in a major consolidation of the US market
Football
Netherlands

The matchday scheduling in the Keuken Kampioen Divisie is set for a major overhaul after ESPN announced it will show every match from Dutch football's second division live as soon as possible, following…
Football
Hong Kong

Team Marketing has gone to market simultaneously with Uefa club competition broadcast rights in 13 different Asian countries and territories as it begins to wrap up the 2024-27 sales cycle