Production house NVP and Hiway Media finalise joint venture
Italian production house NVP and startup OTT platform provider Hiway Media have finalised a joint venture that will see the two companies combine to offer end-to-end services to rights-holders and broadcasters in the sports industry.
BeNeLeague Basketball domestic rights tender in progress with May 5 deadline
BeNeLeague Basketball, the new commercial rights-holder of Belgian and Dutch domestic basketball, is expecting bids by May 5 for media rights to the competitions under its banner.
The European Super League: A SportBusiness Media analysis
European Super League project collapses after English clubs withdraw on Tuesday evening
The ESL was projecting commercial revenue of about €4bn per season
Eredivisie renews league channel carriage deals with T-Mobile, Delta and Caiway
Eredivisie Media & Marketing (EMM) has struck carriage agreements for its ESPN Eredivisie pay-television channels with Dutch telcos Tele2, Delta and Caiway, expanding the channel's reach across the Netherlands
SBT finalises Champions League swoop, Conmebol TV passes 200,000 subscribers
Brazilian commercial broadcaster SBT has confirmed its acquisition of Uefa Champions League rights in Brazil, securing free-to-air rights to one match per matchweek over three seasons, from 2021-22 to…
Juventude agrees free-to-air, pay-per-view Série A deals with Globo
Brazilian Série A club Juventude has agreed a four-year media rights deal with media group Globo, covering free-to-air and pay-per-view rights to all its home matches in Brazil's top tier.
Conmebol lost out on $43.5m after ‘surprising’ Globo, DAZN deal cancellations
South America's football governing body, Conmebol, has announced it lost out on $43.45m (€36.7
XFC agrees deal with Fight Nation in France, launches streaming platform
Mixed martial arts promotion Xtreme Fighting Championships has struck its first-ever media-rights deal in France with pay-television broadcaster Fight Nation, beginning this weekend with XFC: Young Guns…
France Télévisions attracts 7m peak audience for Six Nations drama
French public-service broadcaster France Télévisions benefitted from late drama during the France versus Wales Six Nations match on Saturday evening, attracting a peak audience of just over 7 million v…
BeIN returns as home of Super League in France after year-long hiatus
Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has agreed a deal with rights-holder Sky to resume its French coverage of the Super League, the top tier of rugby league in the UK