Media

Pan-regional pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has acquired the exclusive media rights for the French Open tennis Grand Slam in 10 Southeast Asian markets in a five-year deal covering 2022 to 2026

Deal ends lengthy effort by prominent sports media outlet to find a buyer

Indian sports marketing agency Twenty First Century Media has agreed a deal manage the commercial rights of the revamped Cricketers Benefit Fund Series (CBFS) T20 competition in Sharjah in the United Arab…

Eleven Portugal, an arm of the Aser Ventures-owned international sports broadcaster, is confident of achieving break-even during the 2021-22 period as it closes in on 300,000 subscribers, and is also targeting…

The Rio de Janeiro State Football Federation (FERJ) has launched an OTT platform for the Campeonato Carioca, the annual tournament in the state. Cariocão Play will be available from January 10.

Live games from the Chilean Primera División, the top division of domestic club football, will return to the screens of public-service broadcaster TVN for the first time in over two decades after a sublicensing …

David Hasenfratz, chief technology officer for virtual advertising firm UniqFEED, argues personalised pitchside advertising will soon be possible in sport and describes the technological steps that will be needed to deliver it.

Stan Sport, the streaming service of Australian media group Nine Entertainment, is set to broadcast New Zealand rugby player-turned-boxer Sonny Bill Williams’ upcoming return to the ring against former A…

Ziggo has agreed a carriage deal with ESPN that will allow it to carry the main channel of its rival Dutch pay-television broadcaster

Athletes Unlimited, the startup network of professional sports leagues, has unveiled the domestic broadcast details of its women’s professional basketball and volleyball competitions in early 2022.

NBCUniversal is bolstering is 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics efforts by placing all its coverage from the Games on the premium tier of streaming service Peacock

French senators have proposed that investors in the new commercial subsidiary being drawn up by the Professional Football League (LFP) should be limited to a 10-per-cent stake, with a representative of…

Russian internet group Yandex has teamed up with Rostelecom-owned OTT platform Wink to launch a hockey-dedicated channel to broadcast NHL matches

Malaysia’s Sepak Takraw League (STL) will be shown in Hong Kong, Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand on Eleven Sports’ OTT service Elevensports.com.

Fox Sports has acquired the domestic broadcast rights to the Belmont Stakes in an eight-year agreement which starts in 2023 and runs through 2030

IMG Arena, the sports betting division of the IMG agency, has further bolstered its strong standing in golf after securing the official betting data and live streaming rights to the Ladies Professional…

Algerian public broadcaster ENTV has acquired rights to the forthcoming edition of football’s Africa Cup of Nations, according to reports.

Pay-television broadcaster Ziggo Sport has acquired rights in the Netherlands to events organised by the Women’s Tennis Association.