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BeIN to show Premier Padel tour in 37 markets
Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports will show the inaugural edition of the Premier Padel tour across 37 countries including Australia, France, New Zealand, Singapore and Turkey
Viaplay widens MMA output with Enfusion, Invicta FC deals
Viaplay, the streaming service operated by Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group, has further enhanced its combat sports coverage across its active markets by agreeing rights deals with Enfusion and Invicta…
Footters threatens legal action against Fuchs broadcasting Primera RFEF
OTT streaming platform Footters has threatened legal action against Fuchs Sports regarding the latter's decision to continue showing matches from Spain's third-tier Primera División RFEF.
FPT acquires season-long Professional Fighters League broadcast rights in Vietnam
Vietnamese telco FPT has secured exclusive rights in Vietnam to the Professional Fighters League, as part of a season-long agreement with the four-year-old mixed martial arts promotion
Pixellot CEO says Genius distribution deal will lower rights-holder production costs
Streaming distribution deal covers 100 sports competitions
Israeli firm targeting Genius clients with automated production tech
Pixellot favours large-volume deals to train AI cameras
Spark lands Super Netball rights in New Zealand
Telco Spark has acquired exclusive rights in New Zealand to show Super Netball, the top-tier club competition in Australia.
The deal has been signed ahead of the start of the 2022 season tomorrow (Saturday)
ESPN secures ACB rights in pan-regional LatAm deal
The Liga ACB, Spain’s top-flight basketball competition, has struck an agreement with ESPN covering multiple territories in Latin America.
Discovery lands IFSC rights in three-year deal
The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) has signed a three-year rights agreement with Discovery Sports, through which all World Cup and World Championship events will be shown across Europe…
Sky Italia secures new long-term Major League Baseball deal
Pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia has signed a five-year extension to its rights deal with Major League Baseball.
The new deal has been signed ahead of the 2022 season, which begins on April 7
French clubs reach agreement on distribution of CVC funds
France’s Professional Football League (LFP) has announced that the 20 clubs in the top-tier Ligue 1 have reached an agreement on the distribution of funds from CVC Capital Partners’ proposed investment in …
1190 Sports hires LaLiga Tech to combat piracy
LaLiga Tech, the technology services arm of Spain's LaLiga, will provide anti-piracy services to 1190 Sports, the international broadcast rights-holder to Brazil's top two football leagues
Coupe de France international broadcast and betting rights on the market
The French Football Federation has initiated an invitation to tender process for the international broadcast and betting video rights to the Coupe de France, SportBusiness understands
QSI-backed Premier Padel lands multi-territory Sky deal
The new global padel tour backed by Qatar Sports Investments (QSI), the International Padel Federation (FIP) and the Professional Players Association has announced a broadcast deal with Sky covering multiple…
Discovery adds more territories for women’s Tour de France, Paris-Roubaix
Media group Discovery has expanded its international coverage of women’s cycling events the Tour de France Femmes and Paris-Roubaix Femmes by acquiring rights in various other territories.
DAZN Moments launches with J.League NFT drop
Sports broadcaster DAZN Group has teamed up with the J.League, organising body of Japan’s club football competitions, to launch its first NFT collections.
Amazon brings in Michaels, Herbstreit for ‘TNF’
Online retail and streaming giant sets announcer lineup for NFL games
Sony renews World Archery rights for two seasons
Pay-television broadcaster Sony Pictures Networks has extended its World Archery media rights deal covering the Indian subcontinent and spanning the 2022 and 2023 seasons
Nent secures array of popular Nordic sports content for Viaplay’s UK launch
Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group has announced a raft of sports rights acquisitions for Viaplay in the UK, ahead of the launch of the streaming service into its latest new market later this year