Globo, Coritiba agree to cancel revenue-sharing for rest of 2020
Brazilian media group Globo has reached an agreement with Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Coritiba that will see the club paid a flat fee for its media rights for the rest of 2020 instead of the previously …
Infront to offer Minute.ly services to rights-holders in tech push
Global sports marketing agency Infront is set to include the services of AI video optimisation business Minute.ly in pitches to existing and future clients in Europe and the US
Olympic Channel TV has Canadian launch on CBC Gem
CBC Gem, the OTT platform of Canadian public service broadcaster CBC, has signed a carriage with the International Olympic Committee to carry the body’s Olympic Channel TV.
Globo at loggerheads with Turner as media-rights decree chaos continues
Brazilian media group Globo is engaged in a dispute with US-headquartered pay-television broadcaster Turner ahead of the new Serie A season as issues around the controversial ‘PM 984’ media-rights dec…
All Uruguayan league matches to be aired after Tenfield accord
The Uruguayan Football Association (AUF) and the Tenfield agency have reached a deal which will see every match from the country’s top flight broadcast for the remainder of the season.
RTVE secures sublicensed rights to two MotoGP races from DAZN
Spanish public broadcaster RTVE has agreed a sublicensing deal with subscription OTT platform DAZN for a pair of MotoGP Grand Prix races later this year
Competition watchdog extends Telefónica content sharing requirement to 2023
Spanish telco Telefónica will have to make its premium sports channels available to competitors for three more years after Spain’s competition watchdog extended the requirement until at least 2023.
Sky Italia continues fight against exclusive internet rights ban
Italian pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia has filed an appeal against a ruling from Italy’s highest administrative court (CdS) that upheld a ban preventing it from acquiring exclusive internet rights t…
Free-to-air Spanish Grand Prix more likely after government intervention
The likelihood of the Spanish Grand Prix being shown on free-to-air television in the country has increased after a ruling handed down by the Spanish government
Cypriot telco trio set to sign tripartite sports channel carriage deal
A trio of Cypriot telcos are in the advanced stages of agreeing a tripartite carriage agreement which would see all three share their sports channels with one another