Swimming
Seven to stream revamped Duel in the Pool
Seven has acquired media rights in Australia for the revamped Duel in the Pool swimming contest.
The free-to-air commercial broadcaster will show the event on streaming platform 7plus
Budapest’s Fina World Championships broadcast by 22 EBU members
A total of 22 European Broadcasting Union (EBU) members have signed up to show coverage of the Fina World Championships from Budapest
Australian free-to-air broadcasters pick up Fina, World Para Swimming rights
Australian free-to-air broadcaster Nine has acquired rights for the Fina World Aquatics Championships taking place June 18-July 3 in Budapest
Fina president: ‘We are not promoting our sport as effectively as we should’
Husain Al-Musallam, president of the International Swimming Federation (Fina), has said that the federation is not promoting the sport as effectively as it should
Hong Kong’s i-Cable bags Fina swimming rights
Telecoms operator i-Cable has secured exclusive media rights in Hong Kong to this month’s short course World Swimming Championships and other Fina aquatics events until 2024.
ISL unveils broadcast distribution in over 140 countries
The International Swimming League has secured broadcast deals in more than 140 countries for its third season, which started yesterday (Thursday)
Sky Italia renews International Swimming League commitment
Pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia has extended its commitment to the International Swimming League by agreeing to cover its entire third season
Eurovision Sport and Haivision facilitate remote production from European Aquatics Championships
Eurovision Sport, the sports arm of the European Broadcasting Union, has recruited Haivision, the video streaming and encoding solutions provider for broadcasters, to provide services at this month’s E…
Swimming deal expected to presage further moves by Amazon for sport in Australia
Amazon’s first sports rights acquisition in Australia left local industry insiders puzzled and expecting further moves for sports content by the tech giant.
Amazon dives into Australian rights market with swimming deal
Amazon has acquired its first live rights to an Australian sporting event in a deal between Swimming Australia and the online retail giant
ISL maintains it will honour debts, bemoans failure of commercial operations
The International Swimming League has vowed to “honour all obligations” to companies still awaiting payment from its inaugural 2019 season, while asserting that its commercial activities have “failed” thus fa…
LiveWire Sport prepares English or Swiss legal action against ISL
LiveWire Sport, the UK-based digital content agency, has said that it is prepared to initiate court proceedings in England or Switzerland against the International Swimming League over debts it claims…
EXCLUSIVE: IMG still awaiting full payment for ISL broadcast services
The International Swimming League is facing up to claims of more debts owed after it emerged that the IMG agency is awaiting full payment for broadcast production services provided during the inaugural…
ISL adds live streaming in dark markets with OTT platform
The International Swimming League has launched a new OTT platform that offers live streaming of events in nations that lack broadcast coverage, as well as supplementary programming to content provided…
ISL outlines international TV footprint, ditches Tokyo finals plans
Broadcast rights to the second iteration of the International Swimming League have been distributed in over 140 countries and territories, it was announced today (Wednesday)
Multi-territory beIN rights deal secured by International Swimming League
Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has acquired multi-territory rights to the second edition of the International Swimming League
Covid sinks Swimming Australia’s Seven rights deal
Australian free-to-air commercial broadcaster Seven has agreed to terminate its rights deal with Swimming Australia after the body was unable to hold this year’s Olympic and Paralympic trials due to t…