Media
Viaplay threatens TV2 with lawsuit over Premier League clips
Viaplay Group has threatened legal action against Norwegian commercial broadcaster TV2 over its use of clips from the English Premier League
Sinclair to debut Bally Sports+ nationwide on September 26
Effort represents a key litmus test of future health of RSN model
WNBA boasts of business success for 2022 regular season
The Women's National Basketball Association has recorded a 16 per cent domestic viewership increase this year across its national television partners from 2021, highlighting a multitude of successful business…
BeIN recommits to EFL in two-year deal
Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has secured English Football League (EFL) broadcast rights in a host of its territories in a deal covering the 2022-23 and 2023-24 seasons, SportBusiness understands
Over 4m domestic TV viewers for Munich 2022 athletics
Live coverage of the athletics events at Munich’s multi-sports European Championships netted an average audience of 4.15 million viewers last night on ARD, the German public broadcaster.
AE Live appoints Stats Perform’s Ghangas to Apac commercial role
Broadcast solutions provider AE Live has announced the appointment of Stats Perform’s vice-president for Southeast Asia and Hong Kong, Simar Ghangas, as head of commercial for the Asia-Pacific region.
Barty named ‘chief of inspiration’ as part of Optus tie-up
Australian telecoms operator Optus has announced a content and endorsement agreement with three-time tennis grand slam winner Ashleigh Barty that will see her assume the title of ‘chief of inspiration’.
ITV lands NFL free-to-air rights in three-year contract
Commercial broadcaster ITV has secured a three-year deal for free-to-air rights to the National Football League in the UK and Ireland, from 2022 to 2024
Helbiz strikes live Serie B rights deal with OneFootball, reveals streaming income
Helbiz Media, a division of US-based micro-mobility company Helbiz, has agreed a distribution deal in Italy with media platform OneFootball for live coverage of the Serie B domestic competition
Setanta lands centralised Ukrainian Premier League rights in $16.2m, three-year deal
The Ukrainian Premier League has signed a $16.2m (€15.9m), three-year centralised domestic rights deal with pay-television broadcaster Setanta Sports.
Seven reluctant to be drawn into AFL bidding war despite decade-best financials
Australian free-to-air broadcaster Seven is prioritising “economics over ego” during the ongoing bidding process for the domestic media rights to the Australian Football League, its chief executive has…
DAZN renews EFL rights in key European markets and Canada
Global streaming service DAZN has renewed its exclusive rights to the English Football League's Championship, League One and League Two as well as the EFL Cup in German-speaking countries, Italy, Spain…
StarHub says Premier League coverage issues ‘ironed out’
Singaporean telecoms operator StarHub has assured its customers that most of the technical issues that affected its coverage of the opening round of English Premier League fixtures last week have been…
EXCLUSIVE: Stats Perform retains LaLiga betting rights in long-term deal
Stats Perform has renewed its exclusive betting rights agreement with LaLiga over the long term in a deal covering international streaming and data rights, SportBusiness understands
Genius Sports Q2 revenues up 27 per cent but $4.8m loss posted
Global betting data services company Genius Sports has increased its second-quarter revenues by 27 per cent year-on-year, but the cost of acquiring premium sports rights and buttressing its technology…
Amazon ‘TNF’ ratings to be measured by Nielsen
Amazon has secured a landmark three-year agreement with American data and information company Nielsen to measure Prime Video's exclusive National Football League Thursday Night Football telecasts
Ziggo adds Turkish Süper Lig to football rights portfolio
Dutch telecoms operator Ziggo has acquired broadcast rights to the Süper Lig, the top division of Turkish club football.
Gymnastics, sport climbing and triathlon breach 2m audience barrier on ARD
Gymnastics, sport climbing and triathlon events at Munich’s European Championships have all attracted audiences of over 2 million viewers on ARD, the German public-service broadcaster.