Media

The British & Irish Lions have opted to extend their approach to commercialising the team’s overseas tours by entering into a joint venture with Rugby Australia.

Polish pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus Polska has extended and expanded its long-standing rights deal with the National Basketball Association (NBA)

Betting education platform Gaming Society and NBC Sports' On Her Turf have announced a new content partnership aimed at expanding women's sports editorial coverage and promotion

This year’s edition of the Grand National horse racing event, which takes place at Aintree tomorrow (Saturday), will be shown by 30 broadcasters around the world, with Indian digital platform FanCode t…

The European Taekwondo Union (ETU) and the International Canoe Federation (ICF) have become the latest federations to launch channels on Recast as the UK-based streaming platform continues to entice rights-holders…

TJ Adeshola, head of global content partnerships at Twitter and a key figure in its sports output in recent years, has announced that he is leaving the social media company after more than a decade

Premier Rugby Sevens, the US-based rugby sevens league, has agreed rights deals with the CBS and Fox networks for its upcoming 2023 season

Technology company Meta has agreed a deal for its virtual reality platforms to carry content from NBC Universal’s Peacock streaming service, while it has signed a separate VR-focused deal with the NBA 2…

Fifa has gone to market in Austria and Switzerland with the media rights in both countries to the 2026 World Cup

Slovakian pay-television broadcaster Joj Sport has launched a new online sports channel, Joj Sport Plus. The new channel will be available on the Joj Play streaming platform

Pay-television broadcaster SuperSport has renewed its rights to International Cricket Council global events for eight years, from 2024 to 2031, across 52 territories in sub-Saharan Africa

Commercial broadcaster ServusTV has renewed its rights to the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, GT Masters and GT4 Germany motor racing series as part of a three-year deal with the General German Automobile…

Sinclair Broadcast Group has announced a distribution agreement with YouTube TV to add carriage of its Tennis Channel service to the latter’s line-up in the US market.

As Warner Bros. Discovery announced the merger of its two streaming platforms, HBO Max and discovery+, into one offering the company will call Max, chief executive officer David Zaslav has said that it is "building an attack strategy" over the next few months for sports streaming in the US market.

The French Football Federation (FFF) will this week launch an invitation to tender for domestic broadcast rights to the matches of the French’s women’s national team and France’s top-tier Division 1 Fém…

Outdoor recreation media and services company Outside Interactive has reached an agreement with the UTMB World Series to showcase the global trail running circuit’s 2023 season, while French media group L…

YouTube has announced its subscription details for the out-of-market streaming service NFL Sunday Ticket and NFL RedZone channels ahead of the 2023 NFL season

The distribution of Setanta Sports channels has been banned in Belarus by the country’s Ministry of Information.