Media
PFL secures ESPN Africa rights deal, Bravago Bold Seltzer partnership
Disney-owned ESPN Africa has acquired exclusive rights to the Professional Fighters League in sub-Saharan Africa, ahead of the start of the season on April 20
Eleven providing live matches for Fifa’s new streaming service
International subscription and streaming broadcaster Eleven is providing live content for Fifa+, the OTT streaming service launched this week by football’s global governing body.
Gai named Fifa’s chief business officer as Madati exits in latest commercial reshuffle
Romy Gai, a former commercial executive at Juventus, has been appointed as Fifa’s chief business officer with Kay Madati, the incumbent chief commercial officer, to leave in the latest personnel rejig a…
Sinclair agrees strategic partnership with Wave
Sinclair Sports Group has announced a strategic partnership with California-based digital sports media company Wave Sports + Entertainment (WSE, formerly WAVE.tv)
Masters, NBA, ‘SNB’ all post ratings increases
Results extend ongoing trend of viewership lift across North American sports
IMG to help produce Hidden Sport audio series for BBC
The IMG agency has teamed up with UK-based production company Scattered Pictures to develop Hidden Sport, a new four-part audio series for the BBC, the UK public-service broadcaster
Pixellot to provide new automated cricket product to Lions Cricket Union
Automated camera technology company Pixellot has marked the launch of a new multi-camera video solution for cricket by entering into a deal with South African cricket administrator the Lions Cricket Union
Eleven’s Collard named chief executive of RTL Belgium
Guillaume Collard will leave international pay-television and streaming business Eleven to become the new chief executive of commercial broadcaster RTL Belgium
Danish speedway to receive wider audience with Jysk Fynske Medier
The SpeedwayLigaen, the top division of speedway in Denmark, has agreed a deal with Danish media group Jysk Fynske Medier to co-exclusively live-stream the 2022 season
Discovery secures free-to-air rugby league rights in deal with Sky NZ
Pay-television operator Sky New Zealand has announced a deal with media company Discovery that will see three rugby league matches televised on Discovery’s free-to-air channel Three and streaming service T…
WSC Sports to provide automated highlights solution for Imagen
Imagen, the UK-based video management platform business, has agreed a deal with Israeli AI company WSC Sports to bring automated highlights clips, indexing and tagging to its media management platform
Fifa launches free D2C OTT service with over 40,000 live matches per year
Fifa, world football’s governing body, today (Tuesday) launched a free, ad-funded streaming service which will carry over 40,000 live international and club matches per year, all Fifa archive content a…
Footballco acquires Middle East’s Kooora in eight-figure deal
Footballco, the private equity-backed football media business, has acquired Middle East-based digital sports publisher Kooora in an eight-figure, all-cash deal
Fox Sports looks to leverage 2022 Fifa World Cup for Thanksgiving Day ratings bonanza
Fox Sports has unveiled its programming schedule in the United States for the 2022 Fifa World Cup later this year, which includes 35 matches on the main Fox broadcast network and 29 matches on cable channel…
Free takes LFP to court over Ligue 1 rights payment
French telecoms operator Free has filed a legal complaint against France’s Professional Football League (LFP) over the financial terms of its agreement for near-live rights to 10 Ligue 1 matches each w…
Foxtel IPO plans ‘back on hold’ amid uncertain investor demand
Plans to publicly float Australian pay-television operator Foxtel this year have been delayed due to uncertain demand among potential investors, according to reports in Australian newspapers
Discovery steps in for one-year MotoGP deal in Finland
Media group Discovery has secured exclusive live rights to MotoGP in Finland after a vacancy was created by Telia-owned MTV3’s decision not to renew its deal.
Warner Bros. Discovery formally starts post-merger operations
WarnerMedia-Discovery merger formally closes, creating one of the largest media entities based in the US