Media
Eleven Sports bags ONE Championship rights in Italy
Eleven Sports has agreed an exclusive multi-year deal to show Asian combat sports promotion ONE Championship in Italy
Disney muses further on full standalone DTC version of ESPN
Chapek says 'we fully believe that there is a business model there for us'
Warner Bros. Discovery has JV purchase option as BT Sport deal finalised
Telecoms company BT has agreed terms with media group Warner Bros
TikTok becomes official partner of Southeast Asian Games
Video platform TikTok will facilitate the creation and sharing of content related to this month's Southeast Asian Games in Vietnam under a new official partner deal
Google and Amazon ‘pick up IPL rights bidding documents’
Global tech firms Google and Amazon, India's biggest media groups, and other international broadcasters have picked up the bidding documents for the upcoming Indian Premier League rights auction, Bloomberg…
Indian government updates protected sports broadcasts list
India's government has updated the list of sports events for which rights must be shared with public-service broadcaster Prasar Bharati
Sportway and MyGame to merge in bid to dominate Europe’s AI production market
Sportway, the Sweden-based automated production and live streaming firm, is to merge with Norwegian streaming platform and production company MyGame Group in a bid to establish a “dominant role” in Eur…
Poland’s TVP secures free-to-air Serie B rights
Poland’s TVP has secured rights to the playoffs of Serie B, the second tier of Italian club football, starting next week, in a deal also covering matches next season.
Sport Live seals landmark Danish boxing deal with TK Promotion
The Denmark-based Sport Live channel has sealed a two-year deal with boxing promotion TK Promotion, covering four to six annual boxing events until 2024
Ringier Sports taps Sportradar for new streaming service
Ringier Sports, the marketing agency owned by Swiss media group Ringier, has selected sports data and technology company Sportradar to provide services for its new streaming platform, RED
IMG signs three-year extension to Premier League Productions deal
The English Premier League has extended a deal with the IMG agency, through which the two parties will continue to operate Premier League Productions
EXCLUSIVE: Stats Perform and AFA enter mediation amid ongoing legal battle
Sports data and technology company Stats Perform is to enter mediation with the Argentinian Football Federation amid a long-running legal dispute over betting video and data rights to Argentinian football,…
LaLiga clubs made €892m losses during Covid-hit 2020-21 season
Spain’s LaLiga has said the Covid-19 pandemic caused club revenues to regress to levels of ‘five or six years ago’ after the combined losses of teams across the top two leagues in the country amounted to €8…
Nent names Patrickson as CFO to succeed late Catrina
Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group has appointed Enrique Patrickson as its new executive vice-president and chief financial officer
HBA Media adds France Galop international rights to portfolio
The HBA Media agency is to distribute media rights to the French flat horseracing calendar under a four-year deal with governing body France Galop
NBA develops localised content, straddles linear and digital, to grow Asian media business
The NBA is nurturing its broadcast partners, and at the same time developing its D2C service, as it addresses the challenges of the Asia-Pacific media market.
Miami GP draws record 2.6 million viewers on ABC
Bullish viewership totals provide further evidence of new event's appeal
Davis Cup rights among slew of Sky Italia rights acquisitions
Pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia has acquired rights to a string of sports properties, headed by tennis’ Davis Cup in a deal running from 2022 to 2024.