Media
Now TV goes direct to renew LaLiga rights in Hong Kong
Now TV, the pay-television arm of Hong Kong Telecom and its parent company PCCW, has renewed its LaLiga rights as part of a new three-year deal with the Spanish football league
CazéTV to stream one Bundesliga match per week
CazéTV, the YouTube channel of Brazilian influencer Casimiro, has acquired a package of rights to German football's Bundesliga for the 2023-24 season.
Barcelona re-sells economic ‘lever’ to raise €120m, plans US flotation of ‘Barça Media’
FC Barcelona has announced the sale of a 29.5-per-cent stake in its digital business Barça Vision to German-based Libero Football Finance and Dutch investment firm Nipa Capital in a deal that will raise €120m ($132m) ahead of the new LaLiga season.
Indian authorities approve $10bn Sony-Zee merger
The merger between India’s Sony Pictures Networks and Zee Entertainment Enterprises has received approval from the National Company Law Tribunal.
The long-awaited merger is set to create a $10bn (€9.1bn
Women’s Serie A agrees six-figure free-to-air, international deals
Italian public-service broadcaster Rai has been awarded free-to-air rights to the Women’s Serie A while the more lucrative pay-TV package remains unsold and the international rights have once again been a…
Shinai nets exclusive digital rights to Uefa club competitions
Chinese media group Shinai Sports has announced an exclusive digital rights deal for Uefa club competitions for the 2023-24 season, bolstering its portfolio of top-tier football properties
NFL Network, RedZone go D2C on NFL+
The National Football League is making its two cable channels, NFL Network and NFL RedZone, available in a direct-to-consumer offering on NFL+
DAZN expands free offering in Germany with new channels on Pluto TV
Sports streaming platform DAZN has continued to diversify its offering with the launch of new channels in Germany via Pluto TV, the free, ad-supported streaming service owned by US media group Paramount Global.
Strong Japanese contingent encourages Abema to renew Bundesliga deal
The abundance of Japanese national team players in the Bundesliga has encouraged Abema, the Japanese streaming platform, to commit to another season of showing Germany's top football league
DFL promotes Beisiegel to leading broadcast rights role
The German Football League (DFL) has announced the promotions of Marcus Beisiegel and Vito Esposito, helping to fill the positions left vacant by the internal appointments of Steffen Merkel and Marc Lenz…
LaLiga, ESPN puts focus on fans in third season of US contract
LaLiga is stepping up its efforts in the United States as it enters its third season with broadcaster ESPN by adding more content and events in English and Spanish.
ESPN entered into a $1.4bn (€1.3
Fox Sports, DAZN deals bolster IMG’s Saudi Pro League distribution
Saudi Pro League rights deals with Fox Sports in the US, Canal Plus in France and sub-Saharan Africa, Sport TV in Portugal and a multi-territory agreement with DAZN are the standout agreements secured…
Sky Italia moves quickly for Serie C pay-TV rights
Sky Italia has secured a wide-ranging package of exclusive pay-TV rights to Italian football’s Serie C across the 2023-24 and 2024-25 seasons.
ESPN+ subscriptions dip, Iger ‘encouraged’ by strategic partner talks
ESPN's direct-to-consumer offering, ESPN+, has seen a dip in subscriptions from 25.3 million in the prior quarter ending April 1 to 25.2 million subscribers as of July 1
Sky NZ brings Stuff into 2023 RWC fold
Sky New Zealand has announced that 12 matches from the 2023 Rugby World Cup will be simulcast on news platform Stuff, with the pay-television operator appearing to favour the tie-up plus coverage on its…
Sportradar revenues up 22 per cent amid steady global betting growth
Sports data and betting services company Sportradar generated €216.4m ($237.7m) in revenue during the second quarter of 2023, a 22-per-cent year-on-year increase, with its adjusted Ebitda also increasing by 46 per cent to €40.1m.
BeIN nets Champions League rights as one-year Spark deal leaves TVNZ in the cold
Uefa club competitions will not be part of the free-to-air sports offering on New Zealand's public-service broadcaster TVNZ this season, with beIN Sports having struck a sub-licensing deal with telco Spark…
Bids invited for Greek Cup broadcast rights
The Greek Football Federation (EPO) has initiated a sales process for domestic broadcast rights to the Greek Cup.
The invitation to tender covers the exclusive broadcast rights during the 2023-24 season