Sportdigital Fussball is latest broadcaster to embrace Onefootball’s PPV model
Onefootball, the digital platform offering pay-per-view streaming of football, has signed an agreement to offer live games from the suite of football competitions broadcast by Sportdigital Fussball, the…
Mediapro offers €1.5m in bid to break Liga Iberdrola deadlock
Mediapro, the Spanish production and media rights group, has revealed details of a €1.5m ($1.6
NBC races off with US Ski & Snowboard rights renewal
NBC Sports Group has retained media rights in the US market to events that fall under the auspices of US Ski & Snowboard in a renewal that runs until the end of the 2021-22 season
Danish sports channel nets wider Canal Digital distribution
Canal Digital, the Danish pay-TV platform, has added Sport Live, a channel that focuses on smaller sports properties in Denmark, to its package structure
Year-on-year sponsorship rise for World Sailing, but cash flow challenge on horizon
Sponsorship fee revenue at World Sailing, the sport’s international governing body, is forecast to hit £1.35m (€1.54m/$1.72m) in 2019, a 91-per-cent rise on the figure reported in 2018.
Morgenbesser named Servus TV sports rights chief in latest Sky Deutschland exit
Servus TV, the Red Bull-owned free-to-air television network in Austria, has appointed David Morgenbesser, a sports rights executive at German pay-TV broadcaster Sky Deutschland, as its head of sports…
French free-to-air audience nears 1m for US Grand Prix
Sunday’s Formula One United States Grand Prix was watched by an average of 936,000 viewers on TMC, the French free-to-air digital terrestrial channel.
Doubts over WWE’s India and Mena rights deals hit share price
Shares in World Wrestling Entertainment fell by over 15 per cent yesterday amid doubts over the timing of new broadcast rights agreements in India and the Middle East and North Africa
Ex-FA executive James joins ECB as sales and marketing director
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has appointed Russell James, a former digital and marketing executive at the Football Association, as sales and marketing director
America’s Cup sanctioning deal signed following World Sailing CEO spat
World Sailing, the sport’s international governing body, and Emirates Team New Zealand, the defender of the America’s Cup, have announced a sanctioning agreement for the 2021 edition in Auckland.