Motorsport
Sky Deutschland listens to the demand of subscribers: bring back Formula One
Pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland has brought back the Formula One motor racing championship to its platform in Germany, Austria and Switzerland after a one-year absence that caused a customer...
Formula One returns to Sky Deutschland
Formula One Management, the commercial rights-holder of the F1 championship, has agreed a new deal with Sky Deutschland for pay-television rights a year after being unable to do so for the 2018 season
BeIN Mena drops Formula One, demands rights-holders offer piracy support
BeIN Sports Mena has confirmed it will not renew its deal for Formula One rights in the region, and made it clear that it will henceforth only partner with rights-holders that take a hard line against...
Infront expands into motocross with Youthstream acquisition
The Infront agency has acquired Youthstream, the owner of exclusive television, marketing and global promotional rights to the International Motorcycling Federation’s (FIM) MXGP Motocross World Championship u...
Olympic Channel expands reach with Claro Sports, FIA
The Olympic Channel, the OTT media platform of the International Olympic Committee, has signed content partnerships with Latin American media group Claro Sports and the International Automobile Federation...
Nent Group adds IndyCar to motorsport line-up
Nordic media company Nent Group has acquired rights to US motor-racing series IndyCar.
Nent Group will broadcast the series in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland until 2021
Formula One reports global rise in TV and digital audience in 2018
Formula One enjoyed an increase in worldwide audience figures across television and digital platforms in 2018, according to owners Liberty Media.
The global cumulative TV audience was put at 1
BT Sport to increase coverage of WRC in new deal
UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport has renewed rights to the FIA World Rally Championship and has committed to significantly increasing its coverage of the motor racing series
More live coverage than ever in new Greek F1 deal
Formula One rights in Greece will remain with incumbent rights-holders ERT and Cosmote in the next cycle, after a brief period of negotiation with local rights-broker, the Asset Ogilvy advertising agency
WRC turns down highest offers to maximise exposure, retain content in Finland
The World Rally Championship turned down bigger offers for its rights in Finland in order to agree a deal with public-service broadcaster YLE that will allow it to hold on to content for its OTT platform,...