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Disney becomes latest US media entity to report record Upfront
Live sports plays a key role in historic sales total
Entain launches online horse racing channels in Australia
Sports betting group Entain has launched four online horse racing channels in Australia
E-1 Football Championships rights deals agreed in China, Japan
Chinese streaming platform Migu and Japanese broadcaster Fuji TV have acquired rights to this month's East Asian Football Federation E-1 Football Championships
DAZN nets Soccer Champions Tour rights in Japan
DAZN has acquired media rights in Japan to the inaugural edition of the Soccer Champions Tour
BeIN strikes two-year World Athletics rights deal in Australia
BeIN Sports has struck a two-year deal for rights in Australia to all World Athletics events
Sky NZ in ‘advanced talks’ over RWC rights, RugbyPass changes discussed
Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand has said it is in advanced talks with World Rugby over regaining rights to its main events.
Sky told the Stuff.co
RFEF accedes to CNMC demands for three-year Copa del Rey tender
The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) has agreed to requests made by Spain’s competition watchdog, the Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC), regarding changes to its invitation to…
NEP extends Wimbledon broadcast production deal
Outside broadcast and services provider NEP UK has agreed a four-year extension to its production deal for the Wimbledon Championships
Sportsman founder Krohne among new investors in European League of Football
Media and sports entrepreneur Thomas Krohne has been named as one of three executives who have acquired a circa 8-per-cent stake in American football organisation the European League of Football
Disney raises price of ESPN+ by 43 per cent
Move to $9.99 per month follows extensive push to add content to service
Belgian Super Cup to receive vertical format treatment on TikTok
Mediapro, the agency and international broadcast production group, has detailed plans to produce this weekend’s Belgian Super Cup match in a vertical 9:16 format on social video platform TikTok.
Sony secures World Athletics Championships rights across Indian subcontinent
Pay-television broadcaster Sony Pictures Network India has acquired exclusive media rights across the Indian subcontinent to the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Oregon
Premier League rights included as Viaplay seals carriage with Canal Plus Polska
Subscription streaming operator Viaplay has signed a wide-ranging deal in Poland with pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus that includes carriage of Viaplay on Canal Plus platforms and the sublicensing…
Eurosport, Eleven still in contention for Lega Basket rights
The Italian arm of the Mediapro agency appears to be out of the running for rights to the Lega Basket Serie A after the league announced that sports broadcasters Eurosport and Eleven Sports were the only…
FanCode sublicenses linear rights to India’s West Indies tour to DD Sports
Indian digital sports media platform FanCode will sublicense linear rights to the Indian men's cricket team's forthcoming tour of the Caribbean to government-owned free-to-air broadcaster Doordarshan Sports…
Deutsche Telekom extends deals with German Basketball Federation, Euroleague
German telco Deutsche Telekom has retained key basketball properties ahead of the impending loss of rights to the domestic Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) through new deals with the German Basketball Federation…
Sky extends English Cricket Board rights to end of 2028
Pay-television broadcaster Sky Sports has secured a four-year renewal of its England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) rights in the UK and Ireland, covering 2025-28
CBC Sport picks up Munich 2022 rights in Azerbaijan
Sports broadcaster CBC Sport has acquired rights in Azerbaijan to the 2022 European Championships multi-sport event