Multi-sport
Alibaba and Suning planning sports joint-venture
Chinese conglomerates Alibaba and Suning are planning a joint venture that would create the market’s most powerful sports business, according to industry news website Lanxiong Sports.
DR boosts summer content in rights blitz including Women’s World Cup
Danish public-service broadcaster DR has acquired rights to a host of properties this summer, including the Fifa Women’s World Cup, the European Games multi-sport event and the Uefa U-21 European Championship.
Sportitalia expands Sportradar OTT deal with four new channels
Italian DTT sports broadcaster Sportitalia has expanded its OTT partnership with sports and betting-related services company Sportradar in a deal that will see the broadcaster launch four new HD channels…
Sport1 picks up European Games, non-Germany Uefa U21 Euros rights
German sports broadcaster Sport1 has acquired rights to the European Games multi-sport event and non-Germany matches at football’s Uefa U21 European Championship.
Platforms need to ‘come together’ to fight piracy, big and small
To deal with the twin threats of changing consumer behaviour and piracy, sports media needs to take more combined action and create more unique content
Olympic Channel adds five new federation partners
The Olympic Channel, an OTT platform operated by the International Olympic Committee, has added a further five international sports federations as content partners
FloSports signs four-year rights deal with US-based Colonial Athletic Association
Streaming service FloSports has signed a four-year deal with the US-based Colonial Athletic Association for live and on-demand rights to the college conference’s roster of 22 sports, including its American f…
Government pressure drives France Télévisions’s Olympics sublicensing deal
The French government strongly encouraged public-service broadcaster France Télévisions to reach an Olympics sublicensing deal with US media group Discovery for the 2022 to 2024 cycle to ensure the widest access to the Paris 2024 games, SportBusiness Media understands.
DAZN Spain signs deal for app carriage on Huawei phones
OTT platform DAZN has signed a carriage agreement in Spain with Chinese telco Huawei
FanDuel strikes deal with Sportradar for Bundesliga, tennis betting streaming rights
FanDuel Group, the US sports betting operator, has become the first in the country to agree a deal for betting streaming rights
Twitter extends NFL and MLS partnerships
Twitter has extended content partnerships with MLS and the NFL as part of a series of announcements at a presentation to advertising executives in New York
Amazon linked to Sinclair partnership for Fox RSNs
US technology company Amazon is reportedly in talks to join Sinclair Broadcast Group’s bid to acquire the former Fox regional sports networks being sold off by the Walt Disney Company.
Mediapro Canada acquires production house Tri-Lite TV
Mediapro's Canadian business has boosted its production capability with the acquisition of Canadian media services company Tri-Lite TV
Verizon to resell YouTube TV
Telco Verizon has partnered with Google to resell YouTube TV subscriptions, which include all the major US sports channels and many regional sports networks
Host broadcaster signed for Pacific Games
Singapore-based Melanesia Media Group has been named as host broadcaster of this year’s edition of the Pacific Games multi-sport event, which will take place in the Samoan capital of Apia.
France Télévisions extends Olympics rights with Discovery deal
French public-service broadcaster France Télévisions has agreed a deal with US media company Discovery for exclusive free-to-air rights to the Beijing 2022 and Paris 2024 Olympics.
Sportradar and SportsGrid team up for US sports betting network
Sports media and data provider Sportradar has agreed an exclusive partnership with sports betting content producer SportsGrid to launch a free, 24-hour US sports-betting network
DAZN appoints Rocha to lead Brazilian operation
DAZN has appointed Bruno Rocha to lead its business in Brazil, which is set to become the OTT streaming service’s ninth market.