Media
Viaplay strikes Swedish rights deal for Austria’s FIS World Cup races
Subscription streaming broadcaster Viaplay has acquired exclusive live Swedish broadcast rights to FIS World Cup events held in Austria in a deal with Eurovision Sport, the sports arm of the European Broadcasting…
L’Équipe posts record viewing figures for Benzema’s Ballon d’Or win
L’Équipe posted record audience figures on Monday evening as its coverage of the Ballon d’Or ceremony attracted an average viewership of almost 2 million people in France.
Amazon to stream newly created Black Friday NFL game in 2023
League extends its presence to yet another major American holiday
Infront splits CFO function in response to ‘challenging economic environment’
Infront has split the chief financial officer function and divided the duties in response to the “challenging economic environment and need to accelerate” the agency’s corporate development.
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Buzzer secures multiyear NBA, WNBA extensions
Live sports mobile platform Buzzer has secured multiyear partnership extensions with the National Basketball Association and Women's National Basketball Association to continue to distribute out-of-market…
ESPN expands NBA deal in Australia
ESPN has expanded its media rights agreement in Australia with the NBA to add two live games per week that were previously on free-to-air public-service broadcaster SBS, starting from the upcoming 2022-23…
NBA League Pass and NBA TV added to Verizon’s +play
Verizon has completed a deal in which NBA League Pass, the National Basketball Association’s live game subscription service, and the league’s television channel NBA TV have been added to the company’s +play…
Peacock to stream every World Cup match in Spanish in US
NBCUniversal service to offer all 64 matches from upcoming event
SES launches sport-specific distribution platform
Satellite content distributor SES has launched what it describes as the industry’s first dedicated satellite distribution platform for sports and events content.
Sony Pictures Networks supplements Bundesliga with DFB-Pokal rights
Indian pay-television broadcaster Sony Pictures Networks has acquired exclusive rights in the Indian subcontinent to the DFB-Pokal, Germany’s knockout clubs competition, for the 2022-23 season.
Viaplay unveils UK price point and launch date
Subscription streaming operator Viaplay Group has announced that its Viaplay service will launch in the UK on November 1 after receiving Irish media merger control clearance for its acquisition of Premier …
Warner Bros. Discovery retains ‘Inside The NBA’ quartet
One of the most influential shows in US sports media stays intact
Amazon Prime Video to stream NBA games in Brazil
The National Basketball Association and Amazon announced a multiyear agreement to stream NBA games exclusively on Amazon's Prime Video in Brazil, marking another major step in both the rights acquisition…
OneSoccer broadens portfolio with Eredivisie, CSL and Man City programming
OneSoccer, Mediapro’s subscription channel in Canada, has acquired rights to the Dutch Eredivisie, the Chinese Super League and Manchester City’s international programming block.
Telefónica’s Movistar Plus to show all World Cup matches following Mediapro deal
Spanish pay-television broadcaster Movistar Plus will show all 64 matches from the upcoming 2022 Fifa World Cup on a new channel following an agreement with the Mediapro agency
NSports renews Brazilian volleyball broadcast agreement
Live streaming company NSports and the Brazilian Volleyball Confederation (CBV) have reached an agreement for the renewal of their broadcast agreement for the men’s and women’s 1xBet Superliga during the…
LA Clippers unveil cutting-edge ClipperVision streaming service
The National Basketball Association's Los Angeles Clippers have unveiled a cutting-edge new regional direct-to-consumer streaming service, which will feature a series of augmented reality, alternate-language, …
Fifa strikes multi-faceted deal with Globant
Fifa has struck a wide-ranging deal with digital consultant and software provider Globant which will involve support of the Fifa+ streaming platform and sponsorship of the flagship events of world football’s g…