Media

Rugby Union
Media

BeIN Sports and France Télévisions have renewed their rights to the Champions Cup and Challenge Cup rugby union competitions after finalising new four-year deals with European Professional Club Rugby (…
Multiple Sports
Host Broadcast & Production

French sports broadcast executive Julien Bergeaud has been named as vice-president of sales for Western Europe at Pixellot, the AI-automated sports video and analytics solutions provider
Basketball
Media

New contract term to include league highlight rights for FanDuel TV
Multiple Sports
Media

Subscription streaming platform Viaplay has offered to compensate customers in Poland and pledged to upgrade its infrastructure following fresh issues concerning its coverage of sports events
Football
Media

China Mobile’s streaming platform Migu has acquired streaming rights in China for Uefa club competitions in the 2022-23 season. Migu's coverage began with this week's matches.
Football
Data

For Media Sports Management, the agency based in Dubai and the UK, has been awarded exclusive international betting video and data rights to the UAE Pro League as part of a wider remit with the league…
Handball
Media

The Sport in France free-to-air channel has renewed its rights to broadcast the Ligue Féminine de Handball's Division 1, the country’s top-tier women’s handball league, for the 2022-23 season.
Football
Media

Nouvelle Chaîne Ivoirienne (NCI) has acquired a package of free-to-air media rights in Ivory Coast to the 2022 Fifa World Cup.
American Football
Media

ESPN announced its most-watched kickoff weekend of college football since 2016 and second-best since 2009 after airing 17 games across ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPNU
NFL
Media

Fox Sports has disclosed it has already sold 95 per cent of its advertising inventory for Super Bowl LVII, with around five 30-second slots left to sell.
US College Sport
Industry Moves

Former National Football League punter and American football analyst Pat PcAfee has joined ESPN’s popular college football pregame show, College GameDay as a full-time member on a multiyear deal.
Tennis
Media

French media group L’Équipe has acquired rights to the Finals of this year’s Davis Cup tennis tournament.
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

Sky Sports has announced the appointment of journalist Anna Kessel as executive director of development
Football
Fan Engagement

German Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund (BVB) is to send a team of former players on a three-day tour of Vietnam as part of a promotional trip organised by the league’s media rights-holder in the country, N…
Football
Media

AI video technology company WSC Sports has agreed a deal with Eleven Portugal to bring automated real-time highlights of the broadcaster’s football coverage to fans across the country.
Football
Media

Paramount is to increase its free-to-air coverage of the Australian A-Leagues but matches will no longer be shown on its flagship linear television channel, Ten, as part of a new domestic broadcast schedule
Multi-sport
Host Broadcast & Production

China Media Group (CMG), the Chinese state media company, has reached an agreement with Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS), the host broadcast arm of the International Olympic Committee, to produce international…
Basketball
Media

The National Basketball Association's Indiana Pacers have secured a multiyear media rights extension with longtime local broadcast partner Bally Sports Indiana