Sky renews British Basketball League rights ahead of new season
UK pay-television broadcaster Sky has signed an extension to its rights deal with the British Basketball League ahead of the 2023-24 season, which starts today (Thursday)
FanCode nets AFC Champions League streaming rights for two seasons
Indian streaming platform FanCode has secured exclusive rights to selected Asian Football Confederation competitions over the next two seasons, 2023-24 and 2024-25
Nine front-runner for Melbourne Cup after Seven withdraws
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…
SABC agrees late deal for Rugby World Cup, citing ‘restrictive conditions’
South African public-service broadcaster the SABC has agreed a sublicensing deal with pay-television broadcaster SuperSport for 16 matches of the 2023 Rugby World Cup, which starts today
IMG extends Bundesliga archive deal to 2025-26
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
SABC and SuperSport at impasse over Rugby World Cup deal
Public-service broadcaster the SABC has been unable to secure a sublicensing deal with pay-television broadcaster SuperSport for South Africa's matches at the forthcoming 2023 Rugby World Cup in France
Pluto TV adds to Copa Libertadores Femenina’s South American exposure
Pluto TV, the free, ad-supported streaming service owned by media group Paramount Global, will show the Conmebol Libertadores Femenina for the second successive year, after securing rights across Brazil…
Globo seals rights to Conmebol-zone World Cup qualifiers
Brazilian broadcaster Globo will hold rights to the home matches of nine out of the ten South American nations aiming to qualify for the 2026 Fifa World Cup
TNT Sports to show Asia Cup in UK and Ireland
Pay-television broadcaster TNT Sports has acquired exclusive rights in the UK and Ireland to cricket’s Asia Cup, which will take place in Pakistan and Sri Lanka from August 30 to September 17.
Huge Women’s World Cup ratings break Australian records
Australia’s defeat to England in the Fifa Women’s World Cup semi-final drew the country’s largest viewership for any type of TV programme since the current measurement system began.
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