Media

French media group L’Équipe has acquired exclusive domestic rights to the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships, which will be held in Paris ahead of next year’s Paralympic Games.

European media conglomerate RTL Group and Dutch commercial broadcaster Talpa Network have dropped their merger plans after the proposal failed to gain the backing of the Netherlands Authority for Consumers…

Video streaming services provider Joymo has made Hannah Griffiths its first permanent hire in the UK, joining from sports media rights agency RDA

World Sport Consulting, the international organiser of the Touring Car Racing category, has selected MyTVchain to revamp the tcr-series.tv streaming platform ahead of the debut TCR World Tour season

The Norwegian Media Authority, Medietilsynet, has issued a warning to commercial broadcaster TV2 after it breached advertising rules during coverage of a round of the FIS Cross-Country World Cup in December

The Endeavor-owned Professional Bull Riders has joined the ever-increasing sports docuseries wave with the eight-episode The Ride, which will premiere later this year on Amazon Prime Video in more than…

US financial services company JP Morgan Chase is reportedly interested in financing Lega Serie A’s media business, as the organising body of the top division of Italian club football met yesterday (Thursday) t…

Pay-TV broadcaster Sky Sports has renewed its exclusive platform-neutral rights in the UK and Ireland to International Cricket Council properties for eight years, from 2024 to 2031

Mediapro, the broadcast production group and rights agency, has claimed another legal win over the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) following the latter’s refusal to allow coverage of the 2019 Copa d…

Subscription streaming broadcaster DAZN has acquired rights across various European countries and Central Asia to the All Elite Wrestling promotion

Canada's curling governing body, Curling Canada, has chosen StreamAMG to supply the technology that will power their new domestic and international OTT streaming service, Curling Canada+

Japanese digital media company CyberAgent reported a rare quarterly loss in its 2023 Q1 financial results, caused by the costly acquisition of 2022 Fifa World Cup rights by its streaming platform Abema

Sky, the Comcast-owned European pay-TV broadcaster, has reported revenue reductions of 13 per cent and 11

Comcast NBCUniversal has announced that streaming service Peacock added five million paying subscribers in its fourth quarter of 2022, bringing the total subscriber base to 20 million

Free-to-air broadcaster ATV will be the new home in Peru to the country’s 2026 Fifa World Cup qualifiers in the coming cycle.

Sports industry executive Sharon Fuller has joined the National Basketball Association as associate vice-president of content and social in Europe and the Middle East

Saran Media Group has secured rights for the 2022 Fifa Club World Cup across a number of countries in Europe and Central Asia

StayLive, the Spring Media-owned OTT streaming service provider, has signed a multi-year deal with combat sports' B2 Sports Network