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Ice Hockey
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Commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 has acquired free-to-air rights in Germany to the International Ice Hockey Federation’s World Championship as part of a sublicensing agreement with Sportdeutschland.TV, SportBusiness understands.
Football
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1190 Sports, the international broadcast rights-holder to Brazil’s top two football leagues, has been appointed as a consultant to the two funds backing Liga Forte Futebol (LFF), one of two organisations s…
Baseball
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DirecTV for Business has reached an agreement with Amazon Prime Video to distribute the entire 20-game slate of New York Yankees Major League Baseball regular-season games being shown on the streaming…
Rugby Union
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The TV Media Sport agency has been appointed to distribute broadcast rights on behalf of Rugby Africa, the continental governing body
Football
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The Premier League is to enter into exclusive negotiations with beIN Sports with a view to finalising a new rights agreement in the Middle East and North Africa with the pay-TV broadcaster
Football
Industry Moves

FC Diez Media, the IMG-owned business that manages the commercial rights to South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) club competitions, has promoted Diego Alfieri and Pedro Visconti to the roles o…
Multiple Sports
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Belarusian telecoms operator Beltelecom has added two Setanta Sports Eurasia pay-television channels to its terrestrial television and IPTV services after striking a carriage deal with the pan-regional…
Football
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Pay-television broadcaster Sony Pictures Networks and streaming platform FanCode have secured rights to the All India Football Federation (AIFF) Super Cup
Motorsport
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WSC Group, owner of the commercial rights and technical regulations to TCR touring car racing, has entered into a deal with the Infront agency focusing on the digital activation, production and distribution…
Basketball
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The championship game of the NCAA women's basketball tournament has broken viewership records on ESPN platforms, with 9
Professional Wrestling
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A combined streaming deal for the Ultimate Fighting Championship and World Wrestling Entertainment is a possibility following Endeavor’s takeover agreement for the wrestling promotion.
Triathlon
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Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has extended its rights deal for the PTO Tour
Multiple Sports
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Rogers Communications has completed its takeover of rival telco Shaw Communications, with the two parties pledging to bundle more products to more Canadians, including sports and media content
American Football
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The Women’s National Football Conference (WNFC) has agreed a non-exclusive global streaming deal with DAZN which will give fans around the world more access to the league.
Football
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Pay-television broadcaster Sky looks set to retain its English Football League rights after being named as the preferred bidder following the recent submission of offers in an invitation to tender process
Cricket
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Commercial broadcaster Seven Network has acquired exclusive platform-neutral rights in Australia to the forthcoming World Test Championship final as part of a standalone deal with the International Cricket…
Baseball
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Major League Baseball's Opening Day set records on its out-of-market streaming service MLB.TV and earned a record in online merchandise sales
Canoeing
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The International Canoe Federation (ICF) has agreed a new broadcast rights deal with China Media Group (CMG), the Chinese state media company, along with striking sponsorship and licensing agreements in…