Media
ESPN edges closer to Eredivisie deal as rival bid consortium calls foul
Dutch football’s Eredivisie is edging closer to signing off a renewal with incumbent domestic broadcast rights-holder ESPN but in a deal spanning five seasons and not 10 as initially envisaged.
Spring Media to distribute rights to table tennis’ new ‘Ryder Cup’
A new global table tennis event featuring some of the sport's leading male and female players, and based loosely on golf's Ryder Cup, is to debut later this year
Viaplay sells off more equity in deal with Norwegian media group
Viaplay Group continues to dispose of more equity after Norwegian media group Schibsted secured a 10.1-per-cent shareholding in the financially troubled broadcaster.
Viaplay has already sold a 6
Ice hockey’s Swiss League to be shown by Sky, CH Media
Switzerland’s second-tier ice hockey competition, the Swiss League, will be shown by pay-television broadcaster Sky and media group CH Media during the upcoming 2023-24 season.
NFL opening weekend, college football score major US viewership
The return of the National Football League, combined with a strong slate of college games, drew major audiences across US television, including a record for Monday Night Football on ESPN
IMG retires Seven League name as part of sweeping rebrand
IMG has this morning unveiled sweeping changes to its branding at its inaugural IMG Summit event in Oxfordshire, UK, modernising its logo and retiring the Seven League brand entirely in an attempt to offer…
Infront bolsters cycling portfolio with broad Tour of the Alps remit
Infront has struck an extensive five-year deal to commercialise the Tour of the Alps, the elite men's road cycling event on the second-tier UCI ProSeries
LFP outlines five-year rights offering with bullish reserve prices
Details of the domestic invitation to tender for French football’s top two divisions were unveiled today (Tuesday) with league authorities hoping new five-year contract lengths and match scheduling can a…
UniqFEED takes virtual advertising to Greece for Davis Cup, Supponor renews with Sportfive
Switzerland-based UniqFEED has been selected to deliver its virtual advertising solution for this weekend’s Davis Cup tennis tie between Greece and Slovakia at the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens.
FanCode nets AFC Champions League streaming rights for two seasons
Indian streaming platform FanCode has secured exclusive rights to selected Asian Football Confederation competitions over the next two seasons, 2023-24 and 2024-25
Fifa+, Fanatiz among global streaming options for Conmebol World Cup qualifiers
Fifa+, the direct-to-consumer OTT platform of football’s global governing body, and international subscription streaming platforms Fanatiz and DAZN are among the media outlets to have picked up rights to…
More women’s football rights for RTVE following bumper national team ratings
RTVE has moved quickly to tie up more women’s football rights after registering record audiences during Spain’s triumphant World Cup campaign.
Disney, Charter Spectrum reach new deal to end NFL blackout
Disney and Charter Communications have announced a new multi-year distribution deal that restores select Disney stations, including ESPN, to Spectrum's customers
Viaplay share price continues to plummet despite corrective measures
Viaplay’s share price dropped a further 27.5 per cent last week, its biggest decline since early June when chief executive Anders Jensen resigned amid a worsening financial situation at the subscription streaming and linear broadcaster.
Commercial Sports Media launches sports tech investment arm
Commercial Sports Media (CSM) is looking to leverage the fast growth of sports technology companies across the Nordic region with the creation of an investment arm to service the sector
ZDF nets strong audience for German Fiba World Cup triumph after late sublicensing
Germany’s triumph in the final of the Fiba Basketball World Cup was watched by an average audience of 4.6
RWC opener drives record figures for TF1
France’s 27-13 win over New Zealand in the opening match of the 2023 Rugby World Cup generated record viewing figures in the host country, vindicating the move by commercial broadcaster TF1 to hold on t…
As World Cup kicks off, revamped RugbyPass shows the way for rugby’s stakeholders
Revamped content formats and platforms are at the heart of World Rugby’s push to change the game’s image over the course of the tournament, and it hopes that RugbyPass TV, its revamped D2C OTT service, can play its part in the reconnection.