Media

Baseball
USA

Major League Baseball (MLB) has demanded Diamond Sports Group (DSG), the bankrupt owner and operator of 19 Bally Sports regional sports networks (RSNs), immediately make clear its future plans
Multiple Sports
USA

As the National Basketball Association and National Hockey League seasons commence, Diamond Sports Group (DSG), the owner and operator of 19 Bally Sports regional sports networks (RSNs), has filed motions…
Multiple Sports
USA

Panda Interactive, a Las Vegas-based sports technology company, has filed two separate complaints against Sportradar and Genius Sports for what it claims is infringement on its foundational interactive streaming technology patents.
Football
Ireland

Subscription broadcaster Premier Sports has picked up a significant package of rights in Ireland to Uefa club competitions in the new cycle
Multiple Sports
Global

Southwind Media, the majority shareholder in Mediapro, is reported to be exploring a sale of its stake in the Spain-based sports rights and broadcast production group
Rugby Union
South Africa

A legal challenge filed by South Africa’s eMedia Investments against the terms of pay-television operator MultiChoice’s Rugby World Cup sublicensing deal has failed after being struck from the roll at …
Multiple Sports
USA

Monumental Sports Network has unveiled its direct-to-consumer subscription service for local fans of the National Hockey League's Washington Capitals, the National Basketball Association’s Washington W…
Tennis
Sweden

TV4 Media, the Telia-owned broadcasting company, has acquired exclusive rights in Sweden to men's tennis' ATP Tour.
Multiple Sports
Europe

Nick von Doetinchem has left his role heading up OneFootball’s media rights acquisitions to become Legends’ managing director of Central Europe.
Basketball
Germany

German commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 has secured free-to-air NBA rights in the DACH region ahead of the new season, which starts on October 24
Football
Netherlands

All 18 clubs in the Dutch Eredivisie today (Tuesday) unanimously agreed to a renewal of a domestic broadcast rights deal with ESPN for a further five seasons
Multi-sport
USA

The International Olympic Committee is set for a significant rise in the value of its media rights in the Indian subcontinent, after cricket was recommended to be part of the 2028 edition in Los Angeles
Basketball
Spain

Skweek, the basketball streaming platform owned by Monaco-based Fedcom Media, has launched in Spain but with a focus on ticketing and hospitality, in the absence of holding premium sports rights
Football
Poland

The Polish Ekstraklasa is set to return to free-to-air linear television after the forthcoming international break, after the league’s domestic broadcaster Canal Plus finally reached agreement with public-service b…
Football
Global

Broadcasters and agencies will be able to bid for Ligue 1 international rights across three or five seasons from 2024-25 onwards after the invitation to tender was launched by LFP Media today (Friday).
Cricket
South Africa

South African public-service broadcaster the SABC has struck a late deal to sublicense rights to the Cricket World Cup from pay-television broadcaster MultiChoice, although the agreement prevents matches from being shown on Openview, the free-to-air satellite platform owned by eMedia Investments.
Football
Netherlands

Four leading Dutch digital cable television and telecoms operators have refused to concede defeat in their battle to acquire media rights to Dutch football’s Eredivisie by taking the issue to the Authority f…
Ice Hockey
USA

The National Hockey League's Arizona Coyotes has agreed a multi-year deal with Scripps Sports to televise all locally broadcast Coyotes games after the Coyotes and Diamond Sports Group (DSG) ended the…