Swiss league launches rights tender with Team’s new business entity
The Swiss Football League (SFL) has launched its domestic broadcast rights tender, working in conjunction with its appointed adviser T Squared, the entity set up by the Team Marketing agency to house its…
Sport1 deal affords WEC heightened exposure in Germany
The FIA World Endurance Championship has increased its exposure in the German market through a new deal with Sport1
France Télévisions nears 6m viewers for latest Six Nations action
France’s 13-13 draw with Italy in the Six Nations Championship was watched by an average of 5.7 million viewers on public broadcaster France Télévisions.
Lutz to leave Team Marketing for BJK Cup CEO role
Kerstin Lutz has called time on over 23 years at Team Marketing to become chief executive of the new entity set up to commercialise women’s tennis’ Billie Jean King Cup.
Sport TV keeps hold of Serie A rights in Portugal
Sport TV, the Portuguese pay-television broadcaster, has retained rights to Italy’s Serie A in a three-year agreement running from 2024-25 to 2026-27.
Canada Soccer board members hit with $30m legal challenge to CSB rights award
Current and former members of the Canada Soccer board have been hit with a C$40m ($29.6m/€27.4m) lawsuit over approving the 2018 award of a long-term media and sponsorship rights contract to Canada Soccer Business.
Half of Sport1 sold to Turkey’s Acunmedya for €30m
Turkish media group Acunmedya has bought a 50-per-cent stake in German sports broadcaster Sport1 for €30m ($32.5m) following an agreement struck with owner Highlight Communications.
MLS appoints Sportec Solutions to long-term VAR contract
Major League Soccer has appointed the Deltatre-owned Sportec Solutions as its video assistant referee (VAR) technology provider as the league's 29th season gets underway.
Sky NZ weighs up exclusivity balance amid rising subscriber costs
Sky New Zealand is considering an increased role for free-to-air coverage of sports events it acquires rights to, with the exclusivity balance to be “part of the conversation” during rugby rights negotiations lat…
ServusTV signs off on Uefa club competitions sublicensing deal
Austrian free-to-air commercial network ServusTV has finalised a deal to acquire exclusive live Uefa Europa League and Europa Conference League rights from ProSiebenSat