Media
Toulouse FC taps Spring Media for summer friendlies
The Spring Media agency has struck a deal with Toulouse FC to handle global media rights and betting distribution for the French Ligue 1 club's pre-season friendlies
Viacom18 secures Major League Cricket rights
Media group Viacom18 has secured rights in India to the inaugural edition of the US-based Major League Cricket tournament
Barcelona ‘planning’ listing of digital unit on Nasdaq
Spanish LaLiga club FC Barcelona is planning on listing its Barca Media digital arm on the Nasdaq Stock Market after entering into talks with Swiss venture capital firm Mountain Partners over the formation…
England run to Uefa U21 final prompts late Channel 4 deal
England’s final against Spain in the Uefa European under-21 Championship tomorrow (Saturday) will be shown live in the UK by a major free-to-air broadcaster after Channel 4 finalised a rights agreement.
LaLiga+ retains Liga Asobal handball rights in five-year deal
LaLiga+, the OTT streaming platform of LaLiga, has renewed a rights agreement with Liga Asobal, the top division of club handball in Spain
Sky Media wins Fifa+ ad sales role
Sky Media, the advertising sales house of pay-television broadcaster Sky, has been appointed as the official and exclusive advertising sales representative for the Fifa+ streaming platform across the UK,…
Game4Ukraine to get broad Eurasia coverage on Setanta
Setanta Sports, the pay-television broadcaster, has secured rights in a host of European and Asian countries to Game4Ukraine, the charity football match being played in London next month
ReachTV streams LIV Golf coverage in US airports
LIV Golf has announced a deal for airport television network ReachTV to stream live Friday tournament coverage of its events on a non-exclusive basis in the US
ViX picks up AEW rights in Latin America, Caribbean
ViX, the OTT streaming platform owned by Spanish-language broadcaster TelevisaUnivisión, has acquired rights in Mexico, Latin America and the Caribbean to the All Elite Wrestling promotion.
Veloce secures $50m investment from GEM Digital
Veloce Media Group, a UK-based gaming and sports media company, has announced a major investment commitment of $50m (€46m) from digital asset investment firm GEM Digital Limited.
Genius retains flagship NFL contract to 2028
Genius Sports has kept hold of one of its flagship contracts by extending its National Football League data and betting video rights deal until the end of the 2027-28 season
Channel 4 extends F1 rights deal with Sky to 2026
Channel 4 has extended its Formula 1 sublicensing agreement with pay-television operator Sky for a further three years, granting the UK free-to-air broadcaster live rights to the British Grand Prix and…
DAZN tweaks packages and pricing in Germany
Sports streaming platform DAZN has revised its package offering in Germany, with a new ‘Super Sports’ service to replace the standard subscription.
DAZN Super Sports is priced at €19.99 pe
Free-to-air NFL coverage in France returns to M6
American football’s NFL has another new free-to-air broadcast home in France after M6 acquired the rights in a three-season deal.
Two Brazilian clubs deny commitment to Liga Forte Futebol project
Liga Forte Futebol (LFF), one of two collectives seeking to plot a new path for Brazilian football, has miscalculated the level of support it enjoys among clubs, according to reports in the country
Sportradar finalises Conmebol club competitions global betting rights deal
South American football governing body Conmebol has today (Wednesday) announced an agreement for sports data and betting services company Sportradar to become the exclusive global audiovisual and betting…
Sky Italia retains Uefa European Championship, NBA and Six Nations
Pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia has announced rights renewals for a slew of sports properties, including the Uefa European Championship, the NBA, rugby union’s Six Nations and sailing’s America’s Cup.
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Star bags Lanka Premier League rights
Media group Disney Star has secured exclusive rights in the Indian subcontinent and the Middle East and North Africa to the Lanka Premier League T20 tournament