Media

Sports and live entertainment company AEG has appointed the IMG agency to sell the worldwide broadcast rights to its new Soccer Champions Tour

Walt Disney Co. sees strong viewership in return to NHL championship coverage

The PGA Tour and DP World Tour have strengthened their alliance with an expanded 13-year joint venture partnership through 2035, which is designed to fend off the growing challenge from the Saudi-backed…

Public broadcaster France Télévisions has extended its domestic free-to-air rights to French rugby union’s Top 14 final until the end of the 2026-27 season.

Sportall, the French sports streaming platform, plans to expedite its international development after raising €2.9m ($3.1m) in a Series A funding round led by existing investors.

Action sports broadcaster Fuel TV has agreed a global distribution deal with World Skate for the World Street Skateboarding event in Rome that is acting as a qualifier for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris

AI-automated sports video and analytics solutions provider Pixellot has agreed a deal with Fiorentina to provide video and data technology at the Italian Serie A club’s new training complex.

Italy’s antitrust regulator, the Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (AGCM), has said its investigation into Telecom Italia’s (TIM) agreement with OTT sports subscription service DAZN for …

Pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia has renewed its rights to the Wimbledon tennis grand slam from 2023 to 2026

US investment firm Sixth Street is poised to conclude a deal to acquire a 10 per cent share of FC Barcelona’s LaLiga broadcast rights revenue, according to multiple reports in Spain.

The International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) has engaged Japanese commercial broadcaster TBS to aid the delivery of a test event for its proposed new fifth discipline, obstacle

The Altice Média group has acquired rights to a series of French Ligue 1 football club Olympique de Marseille’s pre-season friendly matches ahead of the start of the 2022-23 season.

North American streaming service FloSports has extended its exclusive Canadian rights to the Tour de France in a five-year partnership running from 2024 through 2028

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has renewed its rights in the Middle East and North Africa to International Basketball Federation (Fiba) national team matches and secured rights in France for the…

Volleyball World, the joint venture between the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) and investor CVC Capital Partners, has struck a nine-year commercial rights deal with the Asian Volleyball Confederation…

Fifty-Three Six, the Dublin and London-based sports marketing agency, has appointed Paul Glynn as head of media and strategy

Australian telecoms operator Optus has acquired exclusive rights to Spain’s LaLiga in a 'multi-year' contract.

Sport 24, the in-flight and in-ship service owned and operated by the IMG agency, has announced a three-year Wimbledon rights renewal to coincide with the start of this year’s grass court Grand Slam e…