Imran Yusuf

Pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus Polska has acquired exclusive rights to the Uefa Champions League from 2024-25 to 2026-27, strengthening its hold on club football broadcasting in Poland.

Sky has secured exclusive rights in the UK and Ireland to the Indian Premier League and Women’s Premier League from 2024 to 2027, as it continues to prioritise international T20 leagues over most overseas bilateral series.

The Vietcontent agency has acquired rights to Uefa club competitions in Vietnam from 2024-25 to 2026-27, SportBusiness understands.

Media group Disney has started arbitration proceedings against Zee Entertainment regarding its sublicensing deal for International Cricket Council (ICC) rights from 2024 to 2027

Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries, chaired and run by business mogul Mukesh Ambani, will buy out Paramount Global’s 13-per-cent stake in media group Viacom18 for $517m (€472m).

Kiran Mani, who currently runs media group Viacom18’s OTT platform JioCinema and spent 13 years at Google, will head the company’s digital and sports divisions, according to Indian news website Mint.

Media group CJ ENM has secured exclusive streaming rights to the top-tier league of the Korean Baseball Organisation from 2024 to 2026, marking the first time the property has gone behind a streaming paywall in South Korea.

The Marketing & Media Solutions agency and PC Plus Group have secured media rights in sub-Saharan Africa for all World Athletics Series events from 2024 to 2029 in a deal with Eurovision Sport.

Streaming platform FanCode has secured exclusive F1 rights in India for 2024 and 2025, after the open-wheel racing series went direct-to-consumer in 2023.  

The Pakistan Super League secured broad exposure in key international cricket markets ahead of its 2024 edition, which began on Saturday