Media

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…

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.

Pay-television operator DirecTV is to continue offering the out-of-market streaming service NFL Sunday Ticket in the United States territories of Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands, despite having lost…

Media group Nine Entertainment is the front-runner to secure domestic free-to-air media rights to the Melbourne Cup, Australia’s showpiece horse racing event, after its rival Seven West Media withdrew f…

Disney has moved to put the pressure on Charter Spectrum to end their carriage dispute, highlighting two major sporting events that will not be available to the latter's customers

There will only be two packages on offer in the domestic media rights tender being launched by France’s Professional Football League (LFP) next week, it has emerged.

Media group Viacom18 has acquired exclusive rights to the Indian Super League, following the first-ever tender launched by the country’s top-tier football competition.

TV2, the commercial broadcaster in Norway, has finally got its hands on men's tennis ATP Tour, acquiring an extensive package of rights in a three-year deal

US-based artificial intelligence software and services company Veritone has signed a multi-year extension with US Soccer, continuing its role as the archive of record and licensing partner for the federation's…

Uefa and the European Club Association have renewed their pact until 2030, a move that looks set to maintain the existing commercial sales structure for another rights cycle at least

Sky Italia, the pay-television broadcaster, is to show the United Rugby Championship for the first time, after picking up rights for the next two seasons

A key piece of the puzzle in the South American media-rights market has been solved ahead of the Conmebol Fifa World Cup qualifiers that get under way this week, with the Sportfive agency landing rights…

Lionel Messi's arrival in Major League Soccer sent subscriptions to Apple's MLS Season Pass soaring, according to new figures released. The tech company, in the first year of its 10-year, $2.5bn (€2.3

Barbara Slater will retire from her role as director of BBC Sport next spring, the UK public-service broadcaster has announced today (Wednesday).

Jaume Roures, the president of Mediapro, has spoken publicly about the forthcoming domestic media rights tender being issued by France’s Professional Football League (LFP), less than three years after t…

Bundesliga International, the international media rights arm of the German Football League (DFL), has renewed its agreement for video archive rights with the IMG agency until the end of 2025-26