Brazilian league nears award of international broadcast and betting streaming rights
Clubs from Brazilian football’s top two leagues are to meet on Friday with a view to finally awarding the international broadcast, betting streaming and data rights.
Olympic revenue reliant World Sailing furloughs staff and makes pay cuts
World Sailing, the sport’s world governing body, has taken action to offset the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic and uncertainty over Olympics revenues, furloughing the majority of its staff and recommending 2…
Onefootball signs first editorial content tie-up with Bundesliga side
Germany-based football media platform Onefootball has signed its second editorial content agreement in a matter of days, teaming up with Bundesliga side Schalke 04
Univision’s TUDN turns to classic Champions League finals
TUDN, the Univision-owned US Spanish-language network, is showing archive Uefa Champions League finals as broadcasters worldwide continue to look for content amid the sports shutdown sparked by the Covid-19…
Rangers will not extend Ladbrokes in-stadium betting deal
Scottish Premiership side Rangers will not extend a long-running in-stadium betting sponsorship with UK gambling operator Ladbrokes, which is also the title sponsor of the top four leagues in Scotland
Mediapro offers to air rest of Ligue 1 season, lambasts Canal Plus and beIN
Jaume Roures, the outspoken chief executive of Mediapro, has said that the Spanish broadcast production company and agency is ready to step in and show the end of the 2019-20 French football season, while…
Further exposure for Belarusian football in MyCujoo PPV deal
Football streaming platform MyCujoo is offering pay-per-view coverage of today’s Belarus Cup semi-finals after striking a rights agreement covering 47 territories.
SRG SSR makes temporary lay-offs, MySports could follow suit
Swiss public broadcaster SRG SSR has temporarily laid off 600 employees due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic
CBA lands wide-ranging China Mobile rights deal
Migu, the video entertainment subsidiary of mobile telecoms operator China Mobile, has signed a wide-ranging agreement with the CBA, the top basketball league in China
Eurosport’s Georgiou: Short-term content solutions not limited to archive and esports
Eurosport is trying to meet the simultaneous challenges of keeping its channels on air across its various markets while also considering creative content that goes beyond simply archive and esports or…