NZ acting PM broaches free-to-air sports mandate after Spark RWC debacle
New Zealand’s acting prime minister, Winston Peters, has broached the possibility of mandating free-to-air sports coverage as the controversy over telco Spark’s botched OTT broadcast of the country’s first…
M6 acquires rights to major French horse-racing events
French commercial broadcaster M6 has acquired multi-platform rights to Quinté+ horse-racing in the country in a deal that will run to at least June 2020.
French women’s handball league strikes rights deal with ‘Sport in France’ channel
France’s top-tier women’s handball league announced on Tuesday that it has agreed a deal with the French Olympic committee’s ‘Sport in France’ free-to-air channel to broadcast the competition for the 2…
‘Brands, corporates to spend $1.4bn over next three years on esports’: Gfinity’s Cook
Commercial entities will spend a total of $1.4bn (€1.2
DAZN close to Perform Content sale to Vista Equity Partners
The DAZN Group is reportedly close to agreeing a sale for its Perform Content division to Vista Equity Partners, which could help fund the global expansion of the company’s OTT sports platform.