Media
ATV acquires domestic rights to Peru’s World Cup qualifiers
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.
NBA recruits Fuller to content role in Europe and Middle East
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 nets Club World Cup rights in multiple European, Central Asian territories
Saran Media Group has secured rights for the 2022 Fifa Club World Cup across a number of countries in Europe and Central Asia
StayLive to provide OTT platform for B2 Sports Network
StayLive, the Spring Media-owned OTT streaming service provider, has signed a multi-year deal with combat sports' B2 Sports Network
Infront negotiates revised EHF deal upon DAZN exit
DAZN has withdrawn from its 10-year tripartite agreement with Infront and the European Handball Federation with the terms and inventory included in a new, restructured agreement with the sports marketing…
Sport1 extends NASCAR and Supercars rights
German sports broadcaster Sport1 has extended its rights to the NASCAR stock car racing series and Australia’s Supercars Championship for two more seasons.
BeIN seals F1 rights in APAC markets in three-year deal
Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has concluded a three-year deal for exclusive rights to the Formula 1 motor racing championship in 10 territories across the Asia-Pacific region
IMG retains football production contract for Channel 4
The IMG agency has agreed a two-year extension to its contract to produce UK free-to-air broadcaster Channel 4’s coverage of England men’s Uefa Nations League football matches, European Qualifiers and…
Kosmos ‘takes case to CAS’ over Davis Cup contract termination
Kosmos Tennis, a subsidiary of the Kosmos investment group, claims to have taken its case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne following the termination of its 25-year agreement with the International…
Sinclair’s Diamond Sports Group ‘heads towards $8.6bn debt restructure’
Diamond Sports Group, the Sinclair Broadcast Group entity that operates the Bally Sports group of regional sports networks in the United States, is reportedly heading towards a $8.6bn (€7.8
Amazon and J Sports acquire rights in Japan for World Baseball Classic
Amazon Prime Video and J Sports have acquired media rights in Japan for the upcoming World Baseball Classic national team competition
Foxtel to cover NRL’s new pre-season tournament
Australian pay-television broadcaster Foxtel has acquired rights to a new pre-season competition launched by the NRL
Table Tennis England selects 1080 Media TV to support OTT move
UK-based media company 1080 Media TV has signed a three-year production deal with Table Tennis England.
The agreement will support the launch of the governing body’s TTE.TV video and streaming platform.
Canal Plus trials free Ekstraklasa coverage on YouTube
Pay-TV broadcaster Canal Plus is to simulcast live coverage of the Polish Ekstraklasa on its free-to-watch YouTube channel to mark the league’s return from an extended winter break.
Beach Soccer Worldwide taps Protocol to distribute media rights
Beach Soccer Worldwide has selected the Protocol Sports Marketing agency to lead its global media rights distribution as part of a multi-year deal
Infront to distribute Great Ocean Road Race globally, Seven renews domestic rights
The Infront agency has struck an exclusive international media rights agreement with Australia’s Great Ocean Road Race, while commercial broadcaster Seven has renewed an agreement to provide domestic c…
Learfield extends deal with University of Alabama, adds NIL center
The University of Alabama's athletics department has extended its multimedia rights deal with Learfield in a 15-year agreement, marking one of the longest deals of its kind in American collegiate athletics
EBU, Warner Bros. Discovery aim for improved content promotion in Olympics deal
The European Broadcasting Union and Warner Bros. Discovery intend to discuss greater cross promotion of Olympic content following the pair’s joint four-Games rights deal in Europe.