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Buzzer expands global sports portfolio with ATP Media pact
Live sports mobile platform Buzzer has expanded its reach in the global sports landscape after securing an agreement with ATP Media to distribute ATP Tour live match content
Warner Bros. Discovery to showcase Campeonato Paulista on TNT
Media conglomerate Warner Bros
Parmentier promoted to IOC’s vice-president of broadcast, media rights
Jérôme Parmentier is to be promoted to the role of the International Olympic Committee’s vice-president of broadcast and media rights when Anne-Sophie Voumard, the incumbent in the position, becomes man…
Canal Plus makes long-term commitment to French MMA promotion Ares Fighting
French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has agreed a long-term rights deal with domestic mixed martial arts promotion Ares Fighting Championship
Big 12 secures $2.28bn rights extension with ESPN, Fox Sports
Power Five college sports entity moves quickly under Yormark to solidify its future
LIV Golf president: ‘We need to commercialize the product’
LIV Golf president Atul Khosla has made it clear that the primary goals of the Saudi-backed breakaway series in 2023 are to land "milestone" sponsorship and television rights deals to begin commercializing…
Infront sells World Cup rights in Singapore and Myanmar, deal awaits in Thailand
Media rights deals have been struck by the Infront agency in Singapore and Myanmar for this year's Fifa World Cup, with telco StarHub and pay-television broadcaster SkyNet, respectively
Amazon, Virgin Media land Ireland’s Autumn Nations Series matches
Six Nations Rugby has agreed new rights deals in Ireland covering the country's matches during the upcoming Autumn Nations Series, striking agreements with ecommerce giant Amazon and pay-television operator…
ServusTV retains Australian Open rights in Austria
Austrian commercial broadcaster ServusTV has renewed an agreement to cover the Australian Open ahead of the 2023 edition of the grand slam tennis tournament
Sport ‘resilient’ to economic downturn but ‘not crisis proof’
Sport continues to show strong resilience to negative macro-economic factors but is not entirely “crisis proof”, according to leading industry stakeholders.
EXCLUSIVE: Viacom18 closing in on Paris 2024 deal in Indian subcontinent
Media group Viacom18 is close to securing rights to the 2024 Paris summer Olympics Games in the Indian subcontinent, SportBusiness understands
Twitch streamers to commentate on LaLiga matches live from stadiums
LaLiga, the organising body of the top two divisions of Spanish club football, has strengthened its association with Twitch by inviting popular streamers on the platform to provide commentary of matches…
Comcast considers sale of Sky Deutschland
Media giant Comcast is thought to be considering a sale of the German arm of Sky, as the European pay-television broadcaster’s total customer relationships increased by 320,000 to 23 million in the third q…
BeIN settles LaLiga rights payments but Tebas ructions persist
Pay-TV broadcaster beIN Media Group has said that it has settled its latest rights fee “obligations” to LaLiga “as scheduled” in the wake of the Spanish league’s move to secure a court order in a disp…
FPT strikes three-year deal for NBA rights in Vietnam
Vietnamese telecoms operator FPT has acquired exclusive rights to the NBA in a deal starting with the current season and running until 2024-25
Prime Video adds alternate ‘TNF’ stream with ‘The Shop’
Prime Video announced it will collaborate with Uninterrupted's Emmy-award winning show The Shop as part of an alternate stream offering for the National Football League's Thursday Night Football.
FPT ‘pays huge fee increase’ for Vietnamese V.League football rights
Telco FPT is reported to have paid a huge fee increase to acquire Vietnamese domestic V.League football rights in a multi-year deal starting in 2023
NYC Marathon to livestream pro races
For the first time, the New York City Marathon will be livestreaming the entirety of the professional men’s and women’s wheelchair and open division races on the official 2022 TCS New York City Marathon App…