Motorsport
ITV retains British Touring Car Championship rights until 2026
UK commercial broadcaster ITV has extended its long-running coverage of the British Touring Car Championship for a further five years to 2026.
The renewal with rights-holder Toca starts in 2022
NHRA strikes multiyear media-rights extension with Fox Sports
The National Hot Rod Association and Fox Sports have announced a multiyear extension of their domestic media-rights agreement to telecast all NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing series competitions across Fox,…
StarTimes signs three-season rights deal with Extreme E
Sub-Saharan African pay-television broadcaster StarTimes has acquired the non-exclusive rights to the Extreme E racing series across the region
MotoGP continues on Fox Sports Brasil despite concern over ‘missed payments’
The Brazilian arm of Fox Sports will continue to broadcast races from this season’s MotoGP despite concern in Brazil over missed payments by its partner in the deal.
Globo ‘informs advertisers’ of end to F1 coverage
Brazilian commercial broadcaster Globo has started to inform advertisers and broadcast sponsors that it will not show Formula 1 action next season, its has been reported
ESPN drives off with Extreme E rights across Africa
International sports broadcaster ESPN has acquired rights across the African continent to Extreme E, the electric off-road motoring series scheduled to debut in 2021
Seven ‘finalising deal’ for Supercars rights
Australian free-to-air broadcaster Seven West Media is finalising a media-rights deal for the Australian Supercars Championship motor-racing series
IMG launches World RX and Speedway GP magazine programmes
The IMG agency will launch two new magazine shows for the FIA World Rallycross Championship (World RX) and the FIM Speedway Grand Prix as part of plans to provide additional content for fans
Nascar debuts dedicated channel on Motorsport.tv
Nascar has debuted a dedicated channel on Motorsport
GSRM eyes another Argentinian Superliga tender, targets rights outside football
Global Sports Rights Management, the agency that recently acquired the international rights to the top two Brazilian football leagues, remains interested in securing a similar remit with the Argentinian…
AMC loses exclusivity in renewed F1 deal, as F1 TV Pro to launch
Media group AMC Networks has agreed a new Formula 1 rights deal in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, but will lose exclusivity as the premium F1 TV Pro version of the series’ OTT platform will launch i…
Formula E claims German free-to-air showcase with ProSiebenSat.1 deal
German commercial broadcasting group ProSiebenSat.1 has agreed a multi-year rights deal with the Formula E electric car-racing series
Sky and NBCUniversal team up on new F1 docuseries
Pay-television broadcaster Sky is to show exclusive UK coverage of a new seven-part Formula 1 documentary series as part of a tie-up with the premier motor racing property and NBCUniversal Global Distribution,…
Mercedes launches channel on Motorsport.tv
German automotive manufacturer Mercedes has launched a dedicated channel on Motorsport.tv, the OTT streaming platform operated by digital media group Motorsport Network
F1 agrees one-race deal with YouTube for Eifel Grand Prix
Formula One has agreed a deal with YouTube that will allow the Google-owned platform to live stream the Eifel Grand Prix in Germany for free in seven countries in Europe
BeIN acquires Mena, Apac rights to 2020 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season
Qatar-headquartered pay-television broadcaster beIN has acquired the exclusive rights to the 2020 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season across the Middle East and North Africa, and Asia Pacific
Discovery lands multi-territory Extreme E rights in three-year deal
International media group Discovery has acquired rights to Extreme E, the electric off-road motor racing series, for the 2021-23 cycle
Local broadcast blackout lifted for reduced-capacity Indy 500
This year’s Indianapolis 500 will be opened up to Central Indiana television viewers for only the second time in seven decades as organizers seek to give the motorsports showpiece maximum exposure amid a…