IMG secures host of international broadcast deals for Fury-Chisora
Media rights agency IMG has agreed a flurry of international broadcast deals for Queensberry Promotions’ all-British WBC World Heavyweight Championship fight between Tyson Fury and Derek Chisora.
Speed Sport and Obsession Media to create motorsports channel
Motorsports media publication Speed Sport has partnered with media group Obsession Media along with a consortium of motorsports and broadcast executives to launch the Speed Sport 1 channel in 2023
Canada’s Bell Media continues to break viewing records at World Cup
Canada’s second match of the 2022 Fifa World Cup last Sunday was the most-watched Fifa World Cup group-stage match ever in the country.
The loss to Belgium averaged an audience of 4.4
Warner Bros. Discovery picks up Ski Classics rights in Finland
Warner Bros. Discovery has acquired broadcast rights in Finland to the Ski Classics Pro Tour.
Warner Bros. Discovery will broadcast every one of the 14 events across 10 weekends
ITN’s sports production unit rebranded
Host broadcast company ITN Sport has rebranded as part of a wider logo overhaul and restructure at parent entity ITN, the UK-based news content company
DAZN continues combat sports drive with global Impact Wrestling deal
Subscription OTT sports broadcaster DAZN is to show programming from Impact Wrestling in over 170 countries after striking a deal with media company Anthem Sports & Entertainment
Deltatre to build Dyn Media OTT platform
Sports broadcast technology provider Deltatre has been selected by Dyn Media to build the new streaming platform for the Germany-based OTT operator
DAZN acquires non-exclusive global rights to Prime Time Wrestling
Subscription OTT broadcaster DAZN has agreed a non-exclusive media rights deal with Poland’s Kingpuin Prime Time Wrestling (PTW) to broadcast primetime wrestling events globally until the end of 2023.
DAZN adds Hisense and Foxxum smart TV distribution
DAZN Group has announced distribution agreements with Hisense and Foxxum OS.
Hisense TV sets in Germany, Spain and Italy will now have the DAZN app pre-installed.
Broadcast coverage for Bahrain International Trophy to span 165 countries
The £600,000 ($710,910/€687,750) Bahrain International Trophy this Friday will be available to watch in 165 countries across 20 broadcasters following deals signed by Racecourse Media Group (RMG) and HB…