Motorsport

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Pay-television broadcaster Sky has acquired multi-year exclusive broadcast rights in the UK to the North American IndyCar series starting from 2019, taking over coverage from rival BT Sport
Football

Greek public-service broadcaster ERT and pay-television broadcaster Cosmote have agreed sublicensing deals involving rights to the Champions League, Europa League and Formula One
Motorsport

LaLigaSports, the OTT platform of the Spanish football league, has agreed a deal to title sponsor this year’s Spanish Karting Championship and stream live coverage of the competition.
Motorcycling

Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand has acquired rights to the 2019 Netball World Cup, as well as extending deals for US motor-racing series IndyCar and motorcycling series the Superbike World Championship
Motorsport

Pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland has brought back the Formula One motor racing championship to its platform in Germany, Austria and Switzerland after a one-year absence that caused a customer…
Motorsport

Formula One Management, the commercial rights-holder of the F1 championship, has agreed a new deal with Sky Deutschland for pay-television rights a year after being unable to do so for the 2018 season
Motorsport

BeIN Sports Mena has confirmed it will not renew its deal for Formula One rights in the region, and made it clear that it will henceforth only partner with rights-holders that take a hard line against…
Motorsport

The Infront agency has acquired Youthstream, the owner of exclusive television, marketing and global promotional rights to the International Motorcycling Federation’s (FIM) MXGP Motocross World Championship u…
Motorsport

The Olympic Channel, the OTT media platform of the International Olympic Committee, has signed content partnerships with Latin American media group Claro Sports and the International Automobile Federation…
Motorsport

Nordic media company Nent Group has acquired rights to US motor-racing series IndyCar. Nent Group will broadcast the series in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland until 2021
Motorsport

Formula One enjoyed an increase in worldwide audience figures across television and digital platforms in 2018, according to owners Liberty Media. The global cumulative TV audience was put at 1
Motorsport

UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport has renewed rights to the FIA World Rally Championship and has committed to significantly increasing its coverage of the motor racing series
Motorsport

Formula One rights in Greece will remain with incumbent rights-holders ERT and Cosmote in the next cycle, after a brief period of negotiation with local rights-broker, the Asset Ogilvy advertising agency
Motorsport

The World Rally Championship turned down bigger offers for its rights in Finland in order to agree a deal with public-service broadcaster YLE that will allow it to hold on to content for its OTT platform,…
Motorsport

Australian motor-racing series the Supercars Championship has said it will commence talks in earnest this year over its next set of domestic and international rights agreements
Motorsport

The FIA World Rally Championship has secured new media-rights deals in France and Finland from 2019, with pay-television operator Canal Plus and public-service broadcaster YLE respectively
Motorsport

UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport has announced that it will broadcast live races, qualifying sessions and highlights from the 2018-19 Formula E season
Motorsport

German public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF have expanded their rights deals for the Formula E electric car-racing series