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DAZN acquires rights to Hexagone MMA
DAZN has acquired rights to the Hexagone MMA mixed martial arts promotion
Cowboys expand Mexico presence with TelevisaUnivision agreement
The National Football League's Dallas Cowboys are significantly enhancing their presence in Mexico by securing a landmark partnership with Spanish-language media giant TelevisaUnivision in the country.
LaLiga taps AI specialist WSC Sports for real-time highlights
AI video technology company WSC Sports has signed an agreement with LaLiga to provide the Spanish football league with real-time video highlights of matches from the top two divisions of the club game
StarzPlay launches sports streaming platform in Mena region
Subscription video-on-demand service StarzPlay has announced the launch of its sports-focused streaming platform for the Middle East and North Africa region
UFC and return of live events boost Endeavor’s Q2 results
Sports and entertainment group Endeavor has once again raised its full-year revenue guidance after posting $1.31bn (€1.26bn) in second-quarter revenue and $42.2m in net income.
SPFL to decide on Sky’s four-year extension offer that enables clubs’ PPV streaming
The Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) has held negotiations with pay-television broadcaster Sky about renewing its domestic rights contract to 2029 in a proposal that would leave clubs free…
Fifa World Cup rights deals agreed in Hong Kong and the Philippines, date change confirmed
Media rights for this year's Fifa World Cup have been acquired by Now TV in Hong Kong and Tap DMV in the Philippines, in deals brokered by the Infront agency
OneFootball added as Serie A broadcaster in UK as Infront finalises distribution
Football-focused streaming and media platform OneFootball has acquired Serie A broadcast rights in the UK and Ireland ahead of the 2022-23 season, supplementing the league’s existing agreement with pay-television b…
DAZN to show Women’s International Champions Cup in 175 markets
DAZN has acquired rights to the Women’s International Champions Cup (WICC) in 175 markets.
RTL nears 4m audience for Uefa Super Cup after landing sublicensed rights
Eintracht Frankfurt’s 2-0 defeat to Real Madrid last night in the Uefa Super Cup attracted an average audience of close to 4 million viewers on RTL, the German free-to-air network.
BBC steps up Scottish Women’s Premier League commitment in new rights deal
The Scottish Women’s Premier League, the top tier of domestic women’s club football, has signed a new and improved three-season rights deal with public-service broadcasters BBC Alba and BBC Scotland.
Nascar to build new in-house production facility with NEP on board
US motor-racing series Nascar is to commence construction on a new production facility that will seek to cater to its growing ambitions in this space
Rai to offer Serie B highlights to Italian expats
Helbiz Media, the exclusive distributor of media rights to Serie B worldwide, has agreed a global highlights deal for the second division of Italian club football with public-service broadcaster Rai
Ukrainian public broadcaster awarded free rights as Munich 2022 gets underway
UA:PBC, the national broadcaster in Ukraine, has been allocated rights free of charge to the 2022 European Championships in Munich
DAZN Italia agrees Google, Samsung promotional subscription offer
The Italian division of OTT sports subscription broadcaster DAZN has signed commercial deals with electronics company Samsung and technology giant Google
DAZN tops up LaLiga carriage with MásMóvil deal
Spanish telecoms firm MásMóvil has secured a carriage deal for the LaLiga matches broadcast domestically by subscription platform DAZN.
Australian Open hails economic impact and audience numbers reported by Nielsen
The Australian Open tennis grand slam generated more than A$405m ($287m/€278m) in economic activity in the state of Victoria during the pandemic-afflicted years of 2021 and 2022, according to a report b…
ESPN+ adds 500,000 subscribers to reach 22.8m
The Walt Disney Co. has announced that its flagship sports streaming service ESPN+ added 500,000 subscribers in the third quarter of fiscal 2022, reaching 22.8 million subscribers at the end of June