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Canal 11, the in-house television channel of the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF), has acquired rights to the concluding stages of the 2021 Fifa Club World Cup
Rugby Union
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Dutch pay-television broadcaster Ziggo Sport has further enhanced its coverage of rugby union by agreeing a rights deal for the Rugby World Cup, plus other tournaments organised by World Rugby
Football
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The Uefa Executive Committee has today (Monday) approved the retention of Team Marketing as the commercial rights agency for Uefa club competitions during the 2024-27 cycle, albeit with Relevent Sports…
Football
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Brazil’s LiveMode agency and 1190 Sports, the international broadcast rights-holder to Brazil’s top two football leagues, have combined to propose taking over commercial management of the leagues with a m…
Padel
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Telefónica-owned Movistar Plus is reported to have acquired pay-television rights in Spain to the next two seasons of the World Padel Tour.
Multiple Sports
Fan Engagement

DAZN, the OTT subscription broadcaster, has announced a joint venture with Japanese social media network Mixi to create a sports-themed non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace
Basketball
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The National Basketball Association has announced that the inaugural NBA HBCU Classic will be simulcast on TNT and ESPN2 on February 19 as part of the 2022 NBA All-Star Weekend in Cleveland, Ohio.
Olympic Games
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The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony attracted a Total Audience Delivery (TAD) of nearly 16 million viewers across multiple NBCUniversal platforms in the United States, representing a record-low …
Football
Finance & Law

Spanish football's LaLiga has made the latest move in its long-running fight against piracy by joining forces with CEDRO, the Spanish literary association of authors and editors in the publishing sector,…
Football
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All ten weekly Serie A matches will be broadcast live in the Middle East and North Africa region on the league's Arabic-language YouTube channel until the end of the season
Rugby League
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Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has agreed a one-season extension to its rights deal in France to the Super League, the top tier of rugby league in the UK
Rugby League
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Subscription broadcaster Premier Sports has added rights to the National Rugby League, the pre-eminent rugby league club competition in Australia and New Zealand, to its portfolio in Southeast Asia and…
Olympic Games
Fan Engagement

An official mobile game based on the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics has been released, featuring a marketplace where users can trade Olympic 'pins' in the form of non-fungible tokens
Biathlon
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Polish public-service broadcaster TVP has acquired exclusive rights to International Biathlon Union events for the next four seasons, replacing incumbent rights-holder Polsat from the 2022-23 season onwards
Football
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The Pitch International agency has emerged as the victor during the English Football League’s recent international rights sales process, retaining its agreement for another two seasons, SportBusiness u…
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

Australian pay-television broadcaster Foxtel has reported a 3-per-cent decrease in year-on-year revenues for the last three months of 2021, with the number of subscribers to its Kayo Sports streaming service…
Mixed Martial Arts
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The Ultimate Fighting Championship mixed martial arts organisation and Saran Media Group, the Turkey-based media entity, have signed a multi-year broadcast rights distribution deal across the Commonwealth…
Mixed Martial Arts
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UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has agreed a new rights deal with US-based mixed martial arts promotion Bellator