Media
Pluto TV launches in Nordics with Bellator, World RX rights
Pluto TV, the free, ad-supported streaming service owned by US media group Paramount Global, has launched in Sweden, Denmark and Norway and will provide live sport from the Bellator mixed martial arts…
‘The Match’ boosts global reach with international simulcasts
Event marks unique collaboration between Turner Sports, international partners
Desimpedidos signs deal with Facebook to stream Copa Libertadores matches
South American sports content creator Desimpedidos has agreed a deal with social media platform Facebook to show matches from the Copa Libertadores club football competition
XFL completes global media rights agreement with Disney, ESPN
Deal for spring football league builds in part on successful Hollywood career of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
SVT nets Stockholm Open tennis rights in Spring Media-brokered deal
Swedish public broadcaster SVT has acquired rights for the 2022 Stockholm Open, the ATP Tour 250 series event that will take place from October 15-23
Sport 24 lands in-flight and in-ship rights to PGA Championship
Sport 24, the in-flight and in-ship television service operated by the IMG agency, has acquired rights to this year’s edition of golf’s PGA Championship, which gets underway tomorrow (Thursday).
AFC faces revenue hole, tricky host decision, after China’s Asian Cup withdrawal
China’s withdrawal as host of the 2023 Asian Cup has undermined some of the most valuable commercial rights deals for the Asian Football Confederation in its 2021-24 cycle, potentially leaving the body f…
TelevisaUnivision nets wide-ranging Concacaf rights deal in US
Spanish-language outlet extends post-merger growth run
ESPN extends US rights to Australian Open through 2031
Relationship with Tennis Australia will move into a fifth decade
Telia extends Liiga deal to 2027
Telco Telia has extended its agreement for rights to Finland’s SM-Liiga, the top ice hockey league in the country, from 2024-25 to 2026-27.
Deutsche Telekom seals early extension to DEL rights deal
The Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) has extended its rights agreement with telecoms operator Deutsche Telekom, which will continue to show all games from Germany’s premier ice hockey competition on its M…
SuperSport strikes steady renewals for French and Australian Opens
African pay-television broadcaster SuperSport renewed its exclusive English-language rights to the French Open and Australian Open, paying slight increases in both to secure longer terms.
Tubi to bolster Fox Sports’ 2022 Fifa World Cup offering
Network to lean increasingly on streaming platform
DAZN strikes series of sub-licensing agreements for Women’s Champions League final
Subscription streaming platform DAZN has secured a raft of sub-licensing agreements with TV broadcasters across Europe to make the final of this year's Uefa Women's Champions League available to fans on…
DAZN adds Uefa national team matches to Canadian offering
Subscription broadcaster DAZN has acquired rights in Canada to a host of Uefa national team matches as part of a multi-year deal with football’s European governing body.
Prasar Bharati to show WNBA, G League on DD Sports
Indian public-service broadcaster Prasar Bharati has struck a deal to show matches from the Women’s National Basketball Association and the NBA G League, the NBA's minor league basketball organisation, o…
AUF seals deal for Women’s Uruguayan Championship with DirecTV
The Uruguayan Football Association (AUF) has sealed a deal which grants satellite television company DirecTV non-exclusive rights to the Campeonato Uruguayo Femenino, the top division of women's football…
FIH launches global tender for 2023-26 events cycle
The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has launched an invitation to tender for the international broadcast rights to its events from 2023 to 2026