Incumbent Sports TV Rights chosen as FBF rights winner
The Sports TV Rights agency is poised to renew its media rights for the top tier of Bolivian domestic football with the nation’s football association (FBF) for a four-year cycle between 2021 and 2024.
DMAX acquires Turkish rights to four CS:GO tournaments
DMAX, the Turkish arm of international media group Discovery, has acquired the rights to four top-tier CS:GO tournaments
LaLiga pens non-exclusive Canal Plus deal and MBS agency tie-up in sub-Saharan Africa
LaLiga, the governing body of Spanish football’s top two divisions, has agreed another rights deal in sub-Saharan Africa after signing a four-season extension with the African arm of French-language p…
BBC to stream Scottish Women’s Premier League
The BBC, the UK public-service broadcaster, will stream the forthcoming season of the Scottish Women's Premier League after agreeing a one-season deal with its rights-holder, Scottish Women’s Football.
Sky Mexico to air Mexican baseball league with matches produced by Mediapro
Production and media rights agency Mediapro will handle the production of all matches from the 2020-21 season of baseball’s Mexican Pacific League (LMP), with pay-television broadcaster Sky Mexico to a…
Court overturns Globo-Turner media-rights ruling, Band secures Série C coverage
The Justice Tribunal of the State of Rio de Janeiro has handed media group Globo a lifeline in its ongoing battle with pay-television broadcaster Turner by accepting an injunction from the commercial broadcasting…
Bolívar hits out at FBF media-rights tender, alleging ‘irregularities’
Bolivian football club Bolívar has raised concerns over the invitation to tender issued by the country’s football association (FBF), saying that the conditions laid out in the process are not “equal” to all…
Mediapro nets Champions League host broadcast role, ZDF to show final with German team
Barcelona-based rights and production agency Mediapro will produce the host broadcast signal for the truncated latter stages of this season’s Uefa Champions League in Portugal.
Globo suffers latest media-rights decree defeat as court sides with Turner
Brazilian media group Globo has been handed its latest legal defeat after a court ruling was handed down permitting rival pay-television broadcaster Turner to exploit the PM984 media-rights decree to air…
Turner draws up Brazilian battle lines over Série A match broadcasts
The Brazilian arm of US pay-television broadcaster Turner is gearing up for a legal battle against media group Globo after announcing which matches it will broadcast using the powers granted by the controversial…