Media
DAZN adds non-exclusive rights for Primeira Liga in Japan
Streaming platform DAZN has acquired non-exclusive rights in Japan for the Portuguese Primeira Liga in a deal covering at least the 2022-23 season
Monday evening matches ‘included’ in women’s Bundesliga domestic tender
The German Football Association (DFB) will reportedly introduce Monday evening games to the women’s Bundesliga, the top tier of the domestic women’s club game, as part of the league’s next broadcast right…
Viaplay to raise Polish subscription fee by 62 per cent
Subscription streaming operator Viaplay will raise its subscription fee in Poland from PLN34 ($7.36/€7.22) to PLN55 per month, starting from March next year.
FIL cuts Luge World Cup opener, citing Qatar 2022 impact on TV coverage
The International Luge Federation (FIL) has cancelled the opening round of the 2022-23 Luge World Cup season, citing football’s 2022 Fifa World Cup in Qatar.
ESPN to broadcast Lake Placid’s World University Winter Games
US sports broadcaster ESPN has secured domestic rights to the 2023 World University Winter Games, which is being hosted in Lake Placid, New York
Lega Serie A appoints AdPlay to develop free match highlights platform
Lega Serie A, the organising body of the top division of Italian club football, has appointed digital media company AdPlay Media Holding to develop a new multimedia platform through which it will provide…
IMG Replay extends Premier League video archive deal
The IMG agency has extended its long-standing, exclusive worldwide deal with the Premier League to manage, license and market the video archive of the top tier of English club football until 2025
English Premier League returns to CCTV in China
Chinese state broadcaster CCTV will show live English Premier League football this weekend for the first time since 2020
Sony tipped to strike back with six-year ECB renewal
Pay-television broadcaster Sony Pictures Networks is close to renewing its rights to the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) across the Indian subcontinent for six years, 2023 to 2028, SportBusiness…
Amazon brings in Dude Perfect for ‘TNF’ alternative broadcasts
Amazon Prime Video has hired trick shot group Dude Perfect to call some National Football League games as part of its new exclusive coverage of Thursday Night Football in the United States
Cricket Kenya engages Pacific Star Sports as commercial agency
Cricket Kenya has appointed UAE-based agency Pacific Star Sports (PSS) to aid the commercial development of the sport in the East African country
Verticast channels go live in the Caribbean armed with Premier League rights
The sports channels of Verticast Media Group, a new media entity launched in the Caribbean region and spearheaded by former SportsMax chief executive Oliver McIntosh, start broadcasting today (Monday)…
Foxtel, Paramount, Seven, Nine ‘all bid’ for AFL
Pay-television broadcaster Foxtel and media groups Paramount Global, Seven West Media and Nine Entertainment have bid for media rights to the Australian Football League, according to reports in the country
FC Barcelona sells 24.5-per-cent stake of Barça Studios to Socios.com for €100m
LaLiga giants FC Barcelona have sold a 24.5 per cent stake of the club's in-house production operation Barça Studios to the Chiliz-owned fan token and engagement platform Socios.c
Claro picks up Brave CF MMA rights across Latin America
Telecoms operator Claro has acquired broadcast rights throughout Latin America to Middle East-based mixed martial arts promotion, Brave Combat Federation
LaLiga SmartBank TV distributed domestically on 10 platforms, including Amazon
LaLiga, the organising body of the top two divisions of Spanish club football, has announced that the 2022-23 Segunda División season will be broadcast domestically via the largest number of platforms …
All-time viewing records broken in UK and Germany as England win Euro 2022
England’s historic win over Germany last night in the final of the Uefa Women’s Euro delivered record audiences for both the BBC and ARD.
DAZN acquires French Ligue 1 rights in Japan
DAZN has acquired exclusive streaming rights in Japan for French Ligue 1 football in a deal covering at least the 2022-23 season