Motorsport
Sony drives off with Extreme E rights in Indian subcontinent
The Extreme E off-road racing series has continued its media-rights drive through a deal with pay-television broadcaster Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN)
Sport1 seals Nascar deal with IMG, sublicenses to Motorvision TV
German sports broadcaster Sport1 has acquired rights to the US stock car racing series Nascar for the next three years
F1 TV takes to big screen with Roku tie-up
F1 TV, Formula 1’s over-the-top streaming service, will be available in a large-screen format after the motor-racing championship agreed a deal with US media company Roku.
F1 OTT platform to show testing as more countries added
The Formula One motor-racing series has announced that this year’s pre-season tests will receive coverage on its F1 TV Pro over-the-top streaming service.
Extreme E signs rights deal with Malaysia’s RTM
The Extreme E off-road racing series has agreed a three-season rights deal with Malaysian public-service broadcaster RTM
Formula E per-race fee in sub-Saharan Africa grows by a fifth in one-season StarTimes deal
Pay-television broadcaster StarTimes’s one-season deal for Formula E motor racing rights in sub-Saharan Africa has seen the per-race fee grow almost 20 per cent.
Supercars in talks over new domestic rights deals
Australia’s Supercars motor-racing series is in discussions over new domestic rights deals with its current agreements with commercial broadcaster Ten and pay-television operator Foxtel due to expire a…
Free-to-air WRC deals coming in Japan and Africa, US broadcaster still aspirational
The FIA World Rally Championship is close to announcing free-to-air broadcast deals in both Japan and Kenya ahead of stops in both countries on this year’s schedule.
Canal, FOM activate option to extend F1 deal in France
French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus and Formula One Management activated an option to extend their F1 rights agreement by two years, to the end of 2022, SportBusiness Media understands.
Extreme E builds distribution with TVNZ deal
New Zealand public-service broadcaster TVNZ has built on its status as the home of electric auto racing in the country by agreeing a multi-year rights deal with the Extreme E off-road racing series
Formula E introduces visor cam, Extreme E secures Belarus TV deal
The Formula E electric motor car series has unveiled the introduction of a helmet camera to its broadcast coverage of races
DAZN signs two-year deal for non-exclusive MotoGP rights in Italy
Subscription OTT platform DAZN has agreed a deal to broadcast the top three levels of MotoGP racing for the 2020 and 2021 seasons
F1 suffers 19.2m drop-off in unique viewers amid pay-TV shift
The Formula One motor-racing series experienced a drop-off of 19.2 million unique television viewers during the 2019 season
Canal Plus set to extend Formula 1 rights in France
Vivendi-owned pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has retained rights to motor racing’s Formula 1 for another two seasons, it has been reported.
StarTimes secures Formula E rights for rest of season
StarTimes, the pay-television broadcaster in sub-Saharan Africa, has signed a deal to broadcast Formula E motor racing in 37 countries across the region
ITV retakes WRC highlights rights in the UK
UK commercial broadcaster ITV has acquired highlights rights to the FIA World Rally Championship from 2020 to 2022, bringing coverage back to the broadcaster for the first time since 2015
Bandeirantes interested in renewing IndyCar rights following deal expiry
Brazilian media group Bandeirantes, which operates free-to-air and pay-television channels, has said that its rights deal for the IndyCar motorsport series has expired
Spring Media to distribute STCC touring car rights in Nordics
The Spring Media agency has agreed a deal with the Nordic-based STCC for exclusive media-rights distribution of the touring car championship in Nordic markets