Media

Multiple Sports
Media

Israel-based automated highlights company WSC Sports has raised investments totalling $100m (€88.2m) from a Series D funding round led by Israeli investment management company Ion Crossover Partners.
Tennis
Media

Australian commercial broadcaster Seven will attempt to win back domestic broadcast rights to the Australian Open when negotiations over the tennis grand slam's next rights cycle begin later this year
Football
Data

The Icelandic Club Association (ÍTF) and the Icelandic Football Association (KSI) have ended a year-long search for a data provider by agreeing a long-term, multi-faceted deal with Genius Sports.
Motorsport
Media

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Media Group has widened its coverage of the Extreme E electric off-road racing series to also include France
Ice Hockey
Media

JT Brown and Everett Fitzhugh will become the first all-Black broadcast team in National Hockey League history when the Seattle Kraken face the Winnipeg Jets at Canada Life Centre on February 17.
Multiple Sports
Media

The Sports Rights Owner Coalition, an alliance of more than 50 leading international and national sports rights-holders, has called on the Kenyan Government to refrain from enacting changes to copyright…
Motorsport
Media

Italian public-service broadcaster Rai has further extended its coverage of the International Motorcycling Federation’s (FIM) Motorcross World Championship (MXGP) after agreeing a new rights deal.
Football
Media

Spanish public broadcaster RTVE will show the final of this season's Uefa Champions League in May, as well as two Spanish national team friendlies in March
Padel
Media

The World Padel Tour has sealed a new rights deal with Telefónica-owned pay-television broadcaster Movistar Plus, while detailing plans to expand the live offering available through its in-house OTT platform, …
Basketball
Media

WarnerMedia's Cartoon Network will present a half-hour, commercial-free special edition of this year's National Basketball Association All-Star Slam Dunk Contest, hosted by animated stars Teen Titans Go!
Football
Media

Major League Soccer's Sporting Kansas City has called time on its local rights deal with regional sports network Bally Sports Kansas City a year early due to widespread frustration with the Sinclair Broadcast …
Football
Media

Canal Plus and beIN Sports France, the pay-television broadcasters and Uefa Champions League rights-holders in France, have obtained injunctions to protect themselves against illegal streaming of European…
Rugby Union
Media

Public-service broadcaster France Télévisions has built on its strong start to coverage of the 2022 Six Nations Championship, with Saturday’s game between France and Ireland drawing an average of 6.5 m
Multiple Sports
Media

Media group Central European Media Enterprises has grown its presence in southern Europe and broken into a new Balkan market with an agreement to acquire RTL Croatia
Mixed Martial Arts
Media

Mixed martial arts promotion the Professional Fighters League has agreed a new broadcast rights deal for the DACH region with Fighting.de
Olympic Games
Media

Media group Discovery has reported that streaming minutes consumed via its European subscription services during the opening week of the 2022 winter Olympic Games have been more than 18 times higher than…
Olympic Games
Media

NBCUniversal executives are doing their utmost to take the positives from the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, which have generated historically low TV ratings in the United States but have helped build the…
Cricket
Industry Moves

Navin Singh, the new commercial director for the English Football Association, has been co-opted as a non-executive board member at Lancashire Cricket to assist the club in its digital media strategy and…