Experienced Sky Italia rights executive Solbiati takes Serie A role
Maria Solbiati, an experienced member of Sky Italia’s media-rights acquisitions team, has taken up the position of head of media at Italian football's Lega Serie A.
Tenfield scores rights to Uruguay friendlies
Tenfield, the Uruguayan agency and media company, has acquired rights to the Uruguayan national football team’s four remaining international friendlies this year.
Stats Perform widens sports integrity offering in Control Risks tie-up
Stats Perform, the sports technology company, has joined forces with the international specialist risk consultancy Control Risks to offer sports integrity solutions to the market
Canal Plus and TF1 land women’s Euro 2021 rights
Commercial free-to-air broadcaster TF1 and pay-TV broadcaster Canal Plus have secured the rights in France to the 2021 edition of the Uefa Women’s European Championship as the property enjoys a healthy i…
Rai and PMG Sport rights deals for Italian women’s volleyball league
Italy’s top-tier women’s volleyball league has announced media rights agreements with public-service broadcaster Rai and Italian sports streaming platform PMG Sport.
Spring Media lauds ‘fast growing’ Belgian league after new international TV deals
The Spring Media agency has described Belgium’s Pro League as “one of the fastest growing football leagues on the planet” after helping to facilitate deals with broadcasters in Italy, Germany, Russia, Ukrai…
Name revealed for LFP’s OTT platform aiming to stir international rights interest
The new over-the-top platform expected to be launched by the French Football League (LFP) at the start of next year will be called My Ligue 1, it has been reported
Russia’s 2Sport2 consortium ties up 2022 World Cup broadcast rights
The 2022 Fifa World Cup will receive widespread free-to-air and pay-TV coverage in Russia after the 2Sport2 consortium picked up the rights
Premier League names Guardian’s Pemsel as new CEO
The English Premier League has ended its lengthy search for a new chief executive by announcing the arrival of David Pemsel, currently the chief executive of Guardian Media Group, owner of The Guardian…
Marca Claro to showcase Tokyo 2020 content on YouTube
Claro Sports, the broadcaster owned by Carlos Slim's Mexican telecoms giant América Móvil, is to offer free content from the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on YouTube through its editorial tie-up with Spanish m…