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Sportway receives $6.3m injection in biggest funding round to date
Swedish automated production and live streaming firm Sportway has announced that all existing investors in the firm have provided more financial backing to close its latest round of funding with a total…
Pixellot ‘democratises’ Hungarian sport with ice hockey production deal
Automated sports video and analytics company Pixellot has agreed a broadcast production deal with the Hungarian Ice Hockey Federation (MJSZ)
Helbiz Media appoints Hiway Media for Serie B streaming technology
Helbiz Media, the domestic and international streaming rights-holder to Italian football’s second-tier Serie B, has today (Monday) announced the appointment of Hiway Media, the OTT platform technology p…
IMG selling centralised international rights to Africa’s World Cup qualifiers
The IMG agency has begun selling centralised international broadcast rights to the Confederation of African Football’s (Caf) qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup following a recent agreement struck with w…
Mannings set new ESPN record for alternate game telecast
Strong word-of-mouth for new presentation manifests itself in rising viewership
Viacom18 snaps up Serie A, Ligue 1 amid absence of competition
Indian media group Viacom18’s acquisitions of rights to Italy’s Serie A and France’s Ligue 1 signify the growing presence of tech and media giant Reliance in the Indian sports broadcasting landscape.
Women’s football continues upward trend with ITV deal for England internationals
UK commercial broadcaster ITV’s four-season deal for exclusive media rights to the England women’s football team’s home matches is a further demonstration of the rising value of the women’s game.
Eclat to replace Fox Sports Asia with ‘lean and localised’ SPOTV
South Korean media company Eclat Media Group’s new pan-Asia-Pacific sports media platform will step into the gap left by Fox Sports Asia with a more ‘localised’ and digitally-focused service.
Sony renews Uefa club competitions rights in India at reduced rate
Sony Pictures Networks’ three-season renewal of media rights to Uefa club competitions is another demonstration of sharply falling values for European football properties in India.
NFL Films, HBO to develop first in-season edition of ‘Hard Knocks’
Long-running documentary series shifts out of setting in training camps
Astro adds three sports channels to offset Fox Sports loss
Malaysian pay-television broadcaster Astro has added three new channels to its offering: Astro SuperSport 5, Astro Arena 2 and SPOTV, a new sports channel
Serie A chief sees direct-to-consumer future with new production centre
Lega Serie A chief executive Luigi De Siervo has said the organisation’s new production centre will help it potentially offer matches on a direct-to-consumer basis from the 2024-25 season onwards.
Sportdigital Fussball secures deal for Caf’s World Cup qualifiers
German pay-television broadcaster Sportdigital Fussball has continued expanding its portfolio with the addition of African qualifying matches for the 2022 Fifa World Cup
Eurosport Events rebranded as Discovery Sports Events
Global media group Discovery has announced the rebranding of its Eurosport Events division as Discovery Sports Events
Disney renews pay-TV rights to Brazil’s Copa do Nordeste
Disney Group has renewed its exclusive pay-TV rights to broadcast Copa do Nordeste, the Brazilian tournament featuring teams from the Northeast of the country and which is to begin next month
Sportway agrees rights deal with Swedish Tennis Association
Sportway, the automated production and live streaming firm, has signed up the Swedish Tennis Association as its latest client in a two-year agreement
Coutts: Pandemic a lesson in thinking outside the box for SailGP
The impact of Covid-19 forced SailGP to “think outside the box” in terms of handling aspects of the team sailing competition remotely in order to trim costs and operate in a more sustainable fashion, chi…
DAZN agrees to sell Turkish and French portals to Istanbul Portfoy
Global subscription broadcaster and media company DAZN Group has agreed to sell three sports news portals to Turkish investment company Istanbul Portfoy, as it continues divesting parts of its business…