Motorsport

BeIN Sports’ acquisition of IndyCar rights across the Middle East and North Africa is for just one year, a move designed to see if the property’s fanbase in the region remains after a year without a broadcast deal.

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has acquired exclusive rights to motor racing’s IndyCar series across 24 territories spanning the Middle East and North Africa.

Chinese digital giant Tencent will get a motorsport statistics and results feed from media group Motorsport Network under a new, two-year deal

Formula 1 does not plan on increasing its free-to-air television coverage of the motor-racing series when it returns next month, despite events being held behind closed doors

Electric off-road racing series Extreme E has agreed a one-year media-rights deal in Canada with French-language channel RDS

IMG Arena, the sports betting arm of the IMG agency, is to begin offering bookmakers a virtual sports betting product for the Nascar US stock car racing series, along with distributing the international…

Spanish telco Telefónica remains interested in renewing its role as the incumbent broadcast rights-holder of Formula 1 motor racing in its domestic market.

Nascar's return to live racing at the weekend generated impressive domestic television ratings, with the Real Heroes 400 at Darlington Raceway delivering 6.

Brazilian commercial broadcaster Globo is set to be faced with increased competition to its Formula 1 coverage from the motor-racing championship’s official over-the-top subscription streaming platform, s…

Automobile Club de l'Ouest, organiser of the 24 Hours of Le Mans motor racing event, has teamed up with the World Endurance Championship and Motorsport Games, the racing game developer and esports specialist,…

Extreme E, the electric SUV off-road racing series, has secured a one-year break clause in a two-year media-rights deal in the UK with public broadcaster the BBC, SportBusiness Media understands.

Eleven Sports will screen the ABB Formula E Race at Home Challenge in support of Unicef live to motorsports fans from this Saturday

The investment of Eurosport Events in global rights to the Speedway World Championships and Speedway of Nations series makes sense for the company on several fronts, independent experts say.

Dorna Sports, the commercial rights-holder of MotoGP, has prioritised exposure over the rights fee in its deal with US network NBC for the 2020-22 cycle, SportBusiness Media understands.

Dutch public broadcaster NOS has renewed its rights to the FIM Motocross World Championship for 2020

Commercial and pay-television broadcaster MTV3 has acquired rights in Finland to the FIM Motocross World Championship in a new four-year deal, from 2020 to 2023

International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports has secured rights to the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM) touring cars series in Poland and Belgium

Australian motor-racing series the Supercars Championship has suspended talks over a new broadcast rights deal as it seeks to focus on getting back on the track amid the ongoing effects of the Covid-19…