CAF: Lagardère deal termination ‘legal consequence’ of regulators’ recommendations
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) today strongly defended its move to terminate Lagardère Sports’ 12-year global media and sponsorship rights contract, describing it as a “legal consequence” of rec…
Pro14 and Premier Sports agree on BBC highlights in logical conclusion
Highlights from rugby union’s Pro14 will return to public-service television in the UK after the BBC struck a deal to show an hour-long programme on Sunday and Monday evenings.
Discovery’s Q3 international revenues hit $950m, Olympic cost timeline outlined
Discovery, the US-based media group that owns pan-European sports broadcaster Eurosport, has reported third-quarter revenues of $950m (€860m) at its international division, a 4-per-cent rise on the equivalent f…
Lagardère lays out financial impact of CAF move to terminate contract
The immediate economic impact of the move by the Confederation of African Football to cancel its global media and sponsorship rights agreement with the Lagardère Sports agency was today outlined by Lagardère, a…
Birmingham 2022 seeks telecoms provider, three-Games host broadcaster considered
The organising committee for Birmingham’s 2022 Commonwealth Games has begun its search for a telecommunications services partner.
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.