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Sky closes in on Pakistan-England rights
With England's tour of Pakistan starting in just six days, pay-television broadcaster Sky is expected to secure media rights in the UK for the three-Test series, SportBusiness understands
Sportfive makes cricket move with masters league
Sportfive has unveiled its first foray into cricket since the arrival of Seamus O’Brien to head up its Asia-Pacific business with the establishment of a ‘Masters’ T20 league featuring Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar.
ITV keeps Premiership Rugby rights to 2026
UK commercial broadcaster ITV has signed an extension with Premiership Rugby to show live matches on linear television for the next two seasons.
DirecTV swoops for Dish, AT&T exits TV business
DirecTV today (Monday) agreed a deal to buy EchoStar's video distribution business, which includes rival Dish TV, a move that would create the US' largest pay-television operator
SuperSport awarded CAF Champions League rights
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has a pan-regional English-language deal in place for this season’s CAF Champions League and second-tier CAF Confederation Cup after rights were sold to pay-television broadcaster SuperSport.
NBA lands last-minute beIN renewal in France
The National Basketball Association is thought to have struck a new deal with beIN Sports that allows the league to continue to be aired in France for another season.
Dyn to show German teams in Fiba Europe Cup
German streaming platform Dyn Media has added more basketball rights to its portfolio in a deal to exclusively show the matches of German sides Ludwigsburg and Braunschweig in the second-tier Fiba Europe Cup.
Viaplay splits with Danish Superliga production JV
Danish Superliga domestic rights-holder Viaplay claims to have terminated its agreement with Matchday Production just over two months into the joint venture’s first season of handling the host broadcast f…
EXCLUSIVE: FIS to launch World Championships global rights tender
The International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) will on Monday issue an invitation to tender (ITT) for global media rights to the Alpine and Nordic World Ski Championships in 2027 and 2029, SportBusiness understands.
Otro Capital, Blitzer latest investors in Two Circles
Two Circles is targeting further US growth after taking on investment from Otro Capital, the New York-based sports private equity firm, and David Blitzer, the American billionaire and multiple sports team owner.
Duro to head up Telemundo’s sports arm
Telemundo, the Spanish-language network of USA's NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises, has announced a leadership change at the helm of its sports division
DAZN, Sky share CEV rights in Italy
The men's and women's CEV Champions League will have two live broadcasters instead of one in Italy over the next two seasons after both DAZN and Sky Italia agreed rights deals with Infront.
SEG launches ‘best of Utah’ DTC service for NHL debut
Smith Entertainment Group has unveiled a new direct-to-consumer streaming service that incorporates matches of its newest franchise, the NHL's Utah Hockey Club, with those of the NBA's Utah Jazz
Iris tasked with E1 media rights distribution
Iris Sport Media has been appointed to distribute media rights to the UIM E1 World Championship, the electric powerboat racing series that launched earlier this year with a season opener in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Edwards joins Spring Media’s betting vertical
Tom Edwards, a former leading sales executive at Sportradar, has been recruited by Spring Media to strengthen the agency’s betting rights distribution vertical.
Greek Basketball League stays FTA in ERT renewal
Greek public broadcaster ERT has extended its broadcast rights deal with the Greek Basketball League for another three seasons
DFL to re-tender Package B after arbitration ruling
The German Football League (DFL) must re-auction a major package of domestic broadcast rights following an arbitration ruling today (Tuesday) in response to DAZN’s legal challenge to its tender process.
DAZN furthers Saudi links with SPL channels
DAZN has struck an agreement to launch club-specific Saudi Pro League channels, its latest effort to develop closer commercial ties in the Kingdom