Motorsport

MotoGP’s commercial rights-holder Dorna Sports has made a number of the motorcycling series’ documentaries available to watch free of charge in the absence of live sport due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Motogp.com

Formula One Management, the commercial rights-holder of Formula One, has rounded out a successful North American rights cycle by increasing its fees in Canada by roughly a fifth, while also earning a healthy rights fee in the US.

The International Motorcycling Federation’s (FIM) Motocross World Championship (MXGP) has renewed a rights agreement in France with motorsport-focused channel Automoto La Chaîne.

Formula One is the latest rights-holder to benefit from Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group's acquisitions strategy, as a new deal boosts the value of its rights across the Nordics almost 50 per cent.

Electric off-road racing series Extreme E has enhanced its operations division ahead of its launch next year with the recruitment of Dave Adey as head of broadcast and technology

The Dentsu agency is in the process of finalising FIA World Rally Championship sublicensing agreements in Japan with terrestrial broadcasters NHK and TV Asahi, SportBusiness understands

RMC, the commercial radio station in France, has opted against a renewal of its radio rights to motor racing’s Formula 1.

UK public broadcaster the BBC has acquired “multi-year” rights to the new Extreme E electric SUV off-road racing series.

Australian pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports has expanded a rights agreement with the IndyCar North American motorsport series for the 2020 season

Pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports Brasil has acquired exclusive rights to the forthcoming season of the MotoGP motorcycle-racing series

German commercial broadcaster RTL has said it will refrain from on-site reporting of the opening three races of the 2020 Formula 1 season due to risks presented by the coronavirus

The Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group has retained exclusive rights to motor racing’s Formula 1 in Denmark, Norway and Sweden, while also securing the rights in Finland and Iceland in the broadcaster’s lat…

International sports streaming service DAZN has renewed an agreement for MotoGP rights in Germany, Austria and Switzerland

Formula One has extended its broadcast deal in Canada with Bell Media's TSN and RDS through the end of the 2024 season

NBC Sports will broadcast all MotoGP races across its platforms beginning in 2020, including four races on the main NBC network

International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports has launched an annual pass in Portugal for Formula 1, ahead of the second season of its coverage of the motor-racing championship

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has acquired a suite of motor racing rights from the IMG agency in a deal headlined by the FIA World Rallycross Championship

Youthstream, the owner of exclusive worldwide television, marketing and global promotional rights to the FIM Motocross World Championship, has been renamed Infront Moto Racing a little over after a year…