Media

Mediapro, the broadcast production group and rights agency, has been appointed as the host broadcaster for the 2023 European Games in Kraków and the Małopolska region. The Spain-based group will work with Polish company Festival Group to produce live coverage of the two-week event.

Disney Star has said it will provide free-to-air access to T20 cricket competition the Indian Premier League (IPL) for the first time

US sports broadcaster ESPN is reported to be considering introducing a service whereby it would direct users to other streaming platforms in an effort to position itself as the “TV guide of live sports”.

Singaporean telecoms operator StarHub will continue to carry pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports’ coverage of the Formula 1 motor racing championship.

The Tunisian Handball Federation (FTHB) has signed off on a domestic broadcast deal with Jawhara TV covering the country’s Ligue Nationale A.

The global audience for the recent Super Bowl between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles was up 7 per cent from 2022 with 56 million watching the game, according to figures released by the…

The Italian antitrust authority, l’Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (AGCM), has launched a consultation on the guidelines for Lega Serie A’s proposal to extend its domestic media rights cycl…

Stefan Zant, co-founder of the sports business unit of German commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat

Formula 1 has renewed its media rights agreement in Latin America and the Caribbean with sports broadcaster ESPN until the end of the 2025 season

Serie A has the potential to secure “significant growth” in its international media rights revenues, according to Lorenzo Casini, president of Lega Serie A.

Commercial broadcaster Sport1 has acquired platform-neutral rights across Germany, Austria and Switzerland to the ADAC GT Masters motor racing series as part of a new deal with the General German Automobile Club.

Major League Baseball has named FanDuel a co-exclusive official sports betting partner in North America in a multi-year deal that will include FanDuel's app and OTT platform FanDuel+ airing MLB

French pay-TV broadcaster beIN Sports has renewed a rights agreement with Australia’s National Rugby League (NRL) competition until 2025.

Major League Baseball has added three executives to its new local media department amid financial struggles for 17 teams' regional sports networks (RSN) at Bally Sports and AT&T SportsNet

DirecTV will sponsor USA Baseball's team at the upcoming 2023 World Baseball Classic (WBC) in a deal that includes a jersey patch on the left sleeve of the Americans' uniforms

Major League Soccer has agreed a multi-year deal with sports technology companies Sportec Solutions and Deltatre to create data feeds from all MLS matches for Apple’s MLS Season Pass service.

UK pay-TV broadcaster Sky Sports has acquired exclusive rights in the UK and Ireland to the inaugural season of the Women's Premier League (WPL) T20 competition

The English Premier League will take its domestic media rights to market this year but is unlikely to support a challenge to the 3pm blackout rule, its chief executive Richard Masters has said.