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Tottenham Hotspur recruits Endeavor Streaming for new OTT service
English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and Endeavor Streaming, the streaming subsidiary of the Endeavor sports and entertainment agency group, have announced the launch of a new subscription streaming…
DAZN offers new LaLiga subscription package in Spain
Subscription sports platform DAZN will offer three packages to customers in Spain from August 1 in order to incorporate its newly-acquired domestic rights to LaLiga, the country's top-tier football competition
Warner Bros. Discovery Sports hails record audiences in major European markets
Warner Bros. Discovery Sports (WBDS) has announced a record first half of the year for audience and engagement in Europe, stating that the figures buck the trend when compared to recent industry expectations
USFL draws 1.52 million viewers for championship game
The rebooted United States Football League drew an average domestic audience of 1.52 million for its inaugural championship game, with the audience peaking at 1.834 million on the Fox network
MLS agrees lucrative long-term betting data and streaming deal with IMG Arena
Major League Soccer has concluded its second major piece of business in the space of a month, agreeing an eight-year betting data and streaming rights agreement with IMG Arena, the betting division of…
L’Équipe lands sublicensed rights to weekly Ligue 2 match from Amazon
L’Équipe, the digital terrestrial channel and digital platform, is to show one weekly match from French football’s second-tier Ligue 2 after striking a sublicensing deal with rights-holder Amazon Prim…
Sky signs off on Wimbledon rights extension in German-speaking countries
Pay-television broadcaster Sky has renewed its rights to the Wimbledon tennis grand slam in Germany, Austria and Switzerland under a multi-year deal, its second in Europe announced in the last two weeks
RTVE secures non-exclusive Premier Padel rights
Spanish public-service broadcaster RTVE has furthered its association with Premier Padel by agreeing a non-exclusive rights deal with the series to cover the remainder of its debut season
Sportfive adds Singapore-based Ampverse to esports portfolio
Asian esports and Web3 organisation Ampverse has appointed the Sportfive agency as its exclusive global commercial representative
ZDF’s Fuhrmann to stand down as head of sport
Thomas Fuhrmann, head of sport at German public broadcaster ZDF, is to relinquish his position in October
Sportdigital Fussball expands Swiss reach with Blue Sport carriage
German pay-television broadcaster Sportdigital Fussball has agreed a carriage deal with Swiss counterpart Blue Sport, a subsidiary of telecoms operator Swisscom
Mediapro to advise on Salvadoran Primera División production, rights distribution
Mediapro, the rights agency and international broadcast production group, has reached an exclusive agreement with El Savador-based network Telecorporación Salvadoreña (TCS) to advise broadcast production a…
Pac-12 to start media rights talks amid membership speculation
Industry questions run rampant as to college conference's future status
Belgian telcos buoyed by arbitration ruling over Pro League rebates
Belgian telecoms operators Proximus, Telenet and Voo have emerged successful from an arbitration ruling over broadcast rights compensation claims related to the Covid-hit 2019-20 Jupiler Pro League season
Sports ministers repeat calls to ban Russian, Belarussian athletes and suspend broadcasts
Western countries have reiterated calls for international sports federations to suspend Russian and Belarusian athletes from competing in their events amid the ongoing conflict in Ukraine
Canal Plus told to honour beIN deal in latest Ligue 1 legal blow
The Paris Commercial Court has ordered Canal Plus to honour a sublicensing deal with fellow French pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports for rights to Ligue 1, the top division of domestic club football
BeIN Sports France to cover PSG’s pre-season tour of Japan
Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has acquired rights in France to Ligue 1 football club Paris Saint-Germain’s forthcoming pre-season friendly matches in Japan.
Youku and Douyin acquire rights for EAFF E-1 Football Championships
Chinese streaming platforms Youku and Douyin have acquired digital rights for this month’s East Asian Football Federation E-1 Football Championships.