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Rugby Union
Media

Stan Sport, the streaming platform of Australia's Nine Network, has renewed its exclusive rights to Japan's premier rugby union competition, now called the Japan Rugby League One
Surfing
Media

Brazilian media group Globo has agreed a three-year deal for rights to World Surf League events
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

The UK government has said it is “monitoring the situation carefully” after Altice UK, owned by French billionaire Patrick Drahi, further increased its stake in telco BT.
Football
Media

LaLiga has generated a one-per-cent increase in the value of its domestic pay-television broadcast rights in five-season deals with incumbent rights-holder Telefónica, the leading Spanish telecoms operator, …
Mixed Martial Arts
Media

Pay-television operator Canal Plus has broadened its sports rights portfolio outside of mainland France by agreeing a multi-year deal with mixed martial arts’ Ultimate Fighting Championship.
Multiple Sports
Media

UK pay-television broadcaster Premier Sports has agreed a distribution deal with Amazon under which its five channels will be available on Prime Video
Golf
Media

Eclat Media Group has continued its effort to replace Fox Sports as the dominant pay-television broadcaster in Asia-Pacific, acquiring exclusive rights to The Open Championship across the region in a three-year deal.
Basketball
Media

Norwegian newspaper Verdens Gang has further expanded its sports rights portfolio by agreeing a multi-year deal with North American basketball league the NBA
Motorsport
Media

An audience of more than 5 million Dutch viewers watched the exciting finale to the Formula 1 season yesterday (Sunday) in which home favourite Max Verstappen beat Lewis Hamilton to win his first world…
Football
Finance & Law

The plan for private equity firm CVC Capital Partners to invest €1.994bn ($2.3
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

German pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland has appointed Kai Schmidt-Merz as senior vice-president of content products
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

Providing high-quality coverage of live sport that fosters a sense of community and shared experience is one of the most effective ways to tackle the ongoing threat of piracy, according to leading figures…
Football
Media

German pay-television broadcaster Sportdigital Fussball and media platform OneFootball have combined to secure rights to the Africa Cup of Nations in a deal covering Germany, Austria and Switzerland
Football
Finance & Law

Private equity funds including CVC Capital Partners, Bain Capital and Silver Lake are assessing preliminary bids by a deadline of Monday for a stake of up to 20 per cent in a new commercial subsidiary…
Basketball
Media

France’s Ligue Nationale de Basket has ended its search for a domestic broadcaster after agreeing a deal with pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports.
Sailing
Data

SailGP has launched a new second-screen platform which will provide fans with data from the hydrofoiling F50 catamarans that feature in the global racing league
Mixed Martial Arts
Media

US-based sports streaming platform fuboTV has reached a ‘multi-year’ rights agreement to show the Professional Fighters League’s PFL Challenger Series and incorporate various interactive elements into …
Multiple Sports
Media

FreeSports, the UK free-to-air channel, has been added to Samsung TV Plus, the advertising-supported streaming service