Multi-sport
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.
MLB and Liberty Media reportedly team up in quest to purchase Fox RSNs
The quest to purchase the former Fox regional sports networks has taken yet another twist with reports that Major League Baseball has teamed up with Liberty Media Group to buy the assets, which are worth…
Olympics value down in India after pay-TV consolidation
The International Olympic Committee has seen its Olympic Games rights fee fall in the Indian subcontinent, driven by the long consolidation in the country’s pay-television market.
Spanish Football Federation chief touts new OTT platform
Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) president Luis Rubiales has said the organisation is working with the Spanish Olympic Committee (COE) to launch a new OTT platform
STATS merger with Perform allows DAZN Group to prioritise OTT service
US-based sports, data and technology company STATS is to merge with Perform in a deal which could help fund the global expansion of the DAZN OTT sports platform
EXCLUSIVE: New EU Copyright Directive a ‘missed opportunity’ for sport, rights-holders say
The final wording of the European Union’s new Copyright Directive does not address the kind of piracy that is undermining the value of sports properties, industry body the Sports Rights Owners Coalition h…
Disney predicts up to 12 million ESPN+ subscribers by 2024
The Walt Disney Company has forecast that its OTT sports streaming service, ESPN+, will have between eight million and 12 million subscribers by the end of the 2024 fiscal year
7Sports ups interest in DOSB New Media
7Sports, the sports business division of German commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 Group, has increased its stake in the DOSB New Media division of the German Olympic Sports Confederation
Eleven names Collard as Belgium, Luxembourg MD
Eleven Sports has appointed Guillaume Collard as managing director for Belgium and Luxembourg, a role formerly held by current chief operating officer Anouk Mertens
Olympics bounce in Singapore as Dentsu and Mediacorp find common ground
The Dentsu agency got off to a good start in its 2020 and 2022 Olympics rights sales in Southeast Asia, striking a deal in Singapore that delivered a fee increase and avoided a repeat of the fraught negotiations for Rio 2016.
IOC takes Olympic Channel to Roku OTT service
The International Olympic Committee has furthered the reach of its Olympic Channel by agreeing a partnership with OTT streaming service Roku
FCC rejects beIN Sports’ latest carriage complaint against Comcast
BeIN Sports' long-term future in the United States was put in doubt after the Federal Communications Commission dismissed the network's third carriage complaint against Comcast/Xfinity
ESPN Brasil expands carriage deal with UOL
Pay-television sports broadcaster ESPN Brasil has launched four of its channels on UOL Esporte Club, the sports content platform of internet portal UOL
Univision strikes carriage deal with Dish Network after nine-month standoff
US Spanish-language television network Univision, owner of sports channel Univision Deportes Network, has struck a long-term carriage agreement with satellite operator Dish Network, ending a nine-month…
LaLiga’s multi-sport OTT service goes live
Spanish football league LaLiga has launched its multi-sport OTT platform LaLigaSportsTV, offering free coverage of Spanish sporting competitions ranging from badminton to weightlifting
Spring Media agency recruits Petter Werner to sales and acquisitions team
Sports media agency Spring Media has recruited Petter Werner, formally of the EBU and Lagardère, to its sales and acquisitions team in Stockholm.
Legal action against beoutQ by Fifa and other major sports rights-holders ‘imminent’
A consortium of major rights-holders is about to launch legal action in the Saudi courts against the beoutQ pirate broadcast operation, which the rights-holders believe is backed by the Saudi government., SportBusiness Media understands.
Movistar TV signs exclusive pay-TV Lima 2019 rights deal
Telefónica-owned broadcaster Movistar TV has acquired exclusive pay-television rights in Peru to this year’s Pan American Games, which will be held in the country.