Media
Premier Sports nets EIHL broadcast, title sponsorship rights to 2024
UK pay-television broadcaster Premier Sports has secured exclusive media rights to broadcast the British Elite Ice Hockey League for the next three years, from 2021-22 to 2023-24
Viacom18 lands World Cup rights, ‘hires Star’s Jayaraj’ as sports head
Viacom18 has stepped up its presence in the Indian sports media marketplace with the acquisition of broadcast rights to the 2022 Fifa World Cup national team football tournament, plus the hiring of senior…
Bidding accelerates for NFL Sunday Ticket
Out-of-market package remains of high interest to multiple suitors
Channel 4 nets 9.2m peak for Raducanu triumph after Amazon sublicensing deal
Channel 4, the UK free-to-air broadcaster, attracted a peak audience of 9
Nickelodeon to air weekly primetime kids-focused NFL highlights show
ViacomCBS children's channel Nickelodeon is significantly expanding its National Football League coverage by broadcasting the half-hour weekly primetime highlights program NFL Slimetime from September…
Eleven Sports secures exclusive EuroLeague digital rights in Italy
Eleven Sports has acquired exclusive digital rights in Italy to the EuroLeague and EuroCup, European basketball's top-tier competitions, in a four-season deal that will sit alongside pay-television broadcaster…
Mediapro’s Roures to attend French parliamentary hearing
Jaume Roures, the chief executive and co-founder of Mediapro, is to attend a hearing of a French parliamentary commission next week following the high-profile collapse of the media group and agency’s F…
Sportal Media founder Grimm succeeds Blaser as Ringier Sports CEO
Ringier Sports, the sports marketing agency owned by Swiss media group Ringier, has promoted Alexander Grimm to the chief executive position, replacing the incumbent Martin Blaser
ACB maintains momentum with TV3 Group deal in Baltics, renewed Facebook streaming
Spanish basketball league Liga ACB has secured a multi-year contract in the Baltics with TV3 Group, following up on its latest deal with the Baltics-based media group earlier this year
Root Sports, fuboTV unveil distribution agreement
United States sports streaming platform fuboTV has secured an agreement to carry Pacific Northwest regional sports network Root Sports ahead of Seattle Kraken's inaugural National Hockey League season…
BBC secures highlights rights to Raducanu’s historic US Open final
Highlights of Emma Raducanu's history-making US Open final against fellow teenager Leylah Fernandez will be shown by the BBC following an agreement struck by the UK public-service broadcaster
Stan Sport adds Laver Cup to tennis offering
Stan Sport, the streaming service of Australian media group Nine Entertainment, has broadened its tennis portfolio by agreeing a multi-year deal for rights to the Laver Cup
CBS Sports defends USMNT World Cup qualifiers on Paramount+, NWSL title game timing
CBS Sports executives have defended the decision to broadcast certain United States men's national team Fifa 2022 World Cup away qualifiers exclusively on streaming service Paramount+
MLS to go head-to-head with NFL on Thanksgiving Day
Major League Soccer has decided to go head-to-head with the National Football League by broadcasting a postseason game on the main Fox broadcast network on Thanksgiving Day on Thursday, November 25
China Media Group retains Olympics rights to 2032 in four-Games deal
China Media Group, the Chinese state media company, has strengthened its hold on the Olympic broadcast rights in the country in a four-Games agreement that runs until the recently-awarded Brisbane 2032…
NFL sportsbook deals ‘instil confidence’ as Genius quarterly revenues more than double
Sports data and technology company Genius Sports has seen its second-quarter group revenue more than double year-on-year to over $55m (€46.5
Gol and Twitch expand LaLiga showcase to nine matches
LaLiga rights-holder and free-to-air channel Gol has made an agreement with Twitch through which nine LaLiga matches during the 2021-22 season will be broadcast on the Amazon-owned online streaming platform