Motorsport
IndyCar renews raft of international TV deals ahead of new season
The IndyCar motor racing series has renewed and expanded agreements with a number of its international broadcasters ahead of the start of its 2021 season
BT reduces fee in MotoGP renewal but will share live British GP rights
Telco BT will pay a slightly lower fee in its three-year renewal of MotoGP rights in the UK and Ireland as it will share live coverage of two Grands Prix – including the UK race – with a free-to-air broadcaster.
INTERprotección and TikTok sign up to Extreme E
Mexico’s largest Insurance broker INTERprotección has signed as the latest sponsor of the new electric off-road racing series Extreme E.
Tencent becomes Extreme E’s latest Chinese rights-holder
Off-road electric racing series Extreme E has further boosted its coverage in China ahead of its impending debut by agreeing a rights deal with conglomerate Tencent
MotoGP set to launch Amazon series, ITV to broadcast highlights
MotoGP seems set to follow the success of Formula 1’s ‘Drive to Survive’ documentary on Netflix with its own fly-on-the-wall series on Amazon Prime Video.
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Extreme E to receive exposure on ‘millennial-focused’ Insight TV
Insight TV, the millennial-focused global channel and content producer, has become the latest broadcaster to secure rights for Extreme E, the new electric off-road racing series
Zhibo.tv agrees five-year deal for MotoGP rights
Chinese sports streaming platform Zhibo.tv has agreed a five-year deal for media rights for the MotoGP motorcycle racing world championship, beginning with the 2021 season.
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Šport TV picks up Extreme E rights in Slovenia
Slovenian public sports broadcaster Šport TV has acquired rights for Extreme E, the new electric off-road racing series.
ITV secures future free-to-air Extreme E exclusivity, KSA lands Saudi rights
UK free-to-air network ITV has become the latest broadcaster to agree a rights deal for Extreme E, the new electric off-road racing series
BT Sport becomes latest UK broadcaster to acquire Extreme E rights
UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport is the latest company to have penned a deal to broadcast races from motorsport series Extreme E
Sky Deutschland aiming to use broad reach to drive subscriptions in RTL F1 deal
Sky Deutschland’s decision to sublicense free-to-air Formula One rights to RTL in Germany was agreed in the hope that wider coverage of the sport will drive subscriptions to Sky and its new dedicated F1 channel.
Extreme E gains Spanish coverage with RTVE deal
Spanish public broadcaster RTVE has agreed a rights deal with Extreme E, the new electric off-road racing series
Spark acquires MotoGP rights in three-year deal
New Zealand telco Spark has acquired exclusive media rights to MotoGP in the country for a three-year period
Extreme E signs up DAZN and MBC for Japanese, Mena markets
Extreme E, the new electric off-road racing series, has agreed rights deals with over-the-top streaming service DAZN in Japan and Saudi media group MBC for the Middle East and North Africa region
Nitro Rallycross announces 2021 North American schedule, broadcast details revealed
Nitro Rallycross, the motorsport property created by Travis Pastrana and Nitro Circus in 2018, has announced a new schedule of five races in the United States for its 2021 season
F1 in talks with Amazon over channel deal as well as rights sale
Ian Holmes, Formula 1’s director of media rights, has revealed that the motorsport series is in discussions with e-commerce giant Amazon over a possible carriage deal for its F1 TV over-the-top streaming s…
Extreme E tops up Croatian distribution with SPTV
Sport TV Croatia (SPTV), the free-to-air sports channel launched by the Croatian Olympic Committee (HOO) a decade ago, has become the latest broadcast to acquire rights to Extreme E, the electric off-road…
Canal Plus renews French Rally Championship rights
Pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has renewed the domestic rights to the French Rally Championship for the next two seasons