Disney handed six-month extension to sell Fox Sports’ Mexican arm
The Federal Telecommunications Institute (IFT), Mexico’s antitrust regulator, has agreed to hand Disney and Fox Sports a six-month extension to sell its sports assets in Mexico.
NTA lands free-to-air Premier League rights in Nigeria
The Nigerian Television Authority, the nation’s public broadcaster, has acquired sublicensed rights to one English Premier League fixture per match week.
Seven ups Paralympic commitment with IPC World Athletics Championships
Seven Network, the Australian free-to-air commercial broadcaster, is to broadcast the 2019 IPC World Athletics Championships
DirecTV secures Basketball Champions League Americas rights
DirecTV, the long-term rights-holder in South America to International Basketball Federation (Fiba) competitions, has become the latest broadcaster in the region to pick up the rights to the new Basketball…
ERT secures Super League 2 deal with reduced fee
Greek public broadcaster ERT has finalised negotiations with Greek second-tier football league Super League 2 for the league’s media rights at a reduced fee.
Spanish Olympic Committee supports €60m funding for TVE Olympics coverage
The Spanish Olympic Committee (COE) has backed calls for the country’s government to fund public broadcaster TVE’s bid for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics rights.
Dentsu extends exclusive Copa America rights deal to 2028
Japanese advertising agency Dentsu has signed an eight-year deal with Conmebol, the continental football federation in South America, for the rights to the next three editions of the Copa America
F1 turns to Twitch for Mexico GP streaming in six European nations
Formula One Management (FOM) has signed a one-race deal to show every session from the Mexico Grand Prix on online streaming platform Twitch in selected European markets
Melita passes 100,000 TV subscribers
Maltese telco Melita has announced that it has passed a landmark 100,000 subscribers for its TV service
ERT picks up rights to Basketball Champions League
Greek public-service broadcaster ERT has agreed a deal to broadcast the 2019-20 Basketball Champions League