Motorsport

Motorsport

Electric off-road motorsport series Extreme E has gone live on short-form video-sharing platform TikTok for its Ocean X-Prix at Lac Rose in Dakar, Senegal, starting on May 29
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UK free-to-air broadcaster Channel 4 has renewed its rights agreement for the W Series, the women’s motor-racing championship.
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Electric off-road motorsport series Extreme E has become the latest sports organisation to develop a presence on live streaming service Twitch
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Commercial broadcaster RTL has secured rights to motorcycling’s FIM Endurance World Championship.
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Extreme E, the new electric off-road series, has agreed a deal with Israel-based automated highlights company WSC Sports
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Media company Nordic Entertainment Group (Nent Group) has this morning unveiled its launch plans for the Netherlands through the acquisition of rights to German football’s Bundesliga and the Formula 1…
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The expectation that Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group will enter the Dutch market continues to gather pace as pay-television broadcaster Ziggo Sport confirmed its loss of Formula One rights in the Netherlands…
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Pay-per-view and subscription-based sports streaming service Fanseat has agreed a deal for global media rights to motorsports’ British Speedway Premiership.
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Digital media company Motorsport Network has appointed Simon Danker to lead the next growth steps of its OTT platform, Motorsport.tv. As chief executive of Motorsport
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German free-to-air commercial broadcaster RTL has acquired rights to broadcast the FIA World Endurance Championship, which includes the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the ADAC Total 24 Hours of Nürburgring races.
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Pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia is in the process of finalising a deal to retain rights to motorcycling’s MotoGP World Championship, SportBusiness understands.
Football

The value of the rights to second- and third-tier properties in Italy is enjoying a mini-boom in the wake of DAZN’s acquisition in March of the main live rights to Serie A for the next three seasons. Faced with the loss of its key property, Sky is fighting back, renewing deals with MotoGP and the Bundesliga and snatching rights currently held by DAZN, such as Serie B and Ligue 1.
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Eurosport has retained rights across Europe to motorcycling’s Superbike World Championship until 2025 in a deal that includes exclusivity in 32 countries.
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Sky Deutschland, the German pay-television broadcaster, has secured rights to the GT World Challenge Europe, the sports car racing series promoted by SRO Motorsports Group
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Pay-per-view and subscription-based sports streaming service Fanseat has agreed a two-year deal with Elite Speedway Sweden for the global rights to its top-tier competition, the Elitserien
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Formula 1 has shown signs of emerging from the Covid-19 crisis after reporting revenues of $180m (€148.4
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French motorsport-focused channel Automoto La Chaîne has renewed its broadcast rights to the FIM Motocross World Championship (MXGP) for 2021 and 2022.
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ServusTV, the commercial free-to-air broadcaster in German-speaking countries, has bolstered its coverage of elite motorcycling by agreeing a two-season extension to its rights deal for the Superbike World…