French rugby’s LNR in market for head of media rights
France's Ligue Nationale de Rugby has begun a search for head of broadcast rights and content
Rights buyer DAZN: Transparency is key in EHF sales process
DAZN Group has reiterated its intention to ensure transparency in its joint 10-year European Handball Federation rights agreement with the Infront agency given the digital sports media company is also…
Broadcasters seek better esports scheduling and world feed given rising rights fees
Leading European broadcasters of esports competitions have called for improved guarantees over scheduling and the world feed to be provided by organisers and promoters in order to justify rising rights…
Eurosport to broadcast from German House, eyes improved Olympics highlights audience
Eurosport Germany is to broadcast daily live coverage from the German House at the 2020 Olympic Games after reaching an agreement with Deutsche Sport Marketing, the commercial of the German Olympic Sports…
Seifert: AI-powered archive footage among possibilities in long-term Amazon deal
The recently-agreed tie-up between Germany’s Bundesliga and Amazon Web Services, the retail giant’s cloud computing subsidiary, could lead to archive highlights created specifically for different rights-holding bro…
EHF Euro final attracts huge Croatian audience, Teledeporte audience under 500,000
Commercial broadcaster RTL attracted a peak audience of 1.6 million viewers in Croatia as the Balkan country’s national handball team lost out to Spain in the final of the men’s European Handball Championships.
Infront and Bundesliga’s Mainz agree six-year extension
The Infront agency has renewed its exclusive agreement with FSV Mainz 05 to sell sponsorship and pitchside advertising rights, along with hospitality packages
RMC Sport chief Eichinger heads for exit
Laurent Eichinger, the chief executive of RMC Sport, is leaving his position less than 12 months after joining the Altice-owned subscription broadcaster
No rights awarded by Belgian Pro League as new tender considered
Belgium’s Pro League has opted against awarding any domestic rights following the submission of bids by rival broadcasters and media groups, and is weighing up the possibility of launching a new invitation t…
Belgian Pro League clubs meet to award rights amid strong Mediapro interest
The 24 clubs from Belgian soccer’s top two divisions are meeting today to potentially award domestic broadcast rights from 2020-21 onwards amid strong interest from Mediapro, the agency and production g…