DAZN threatens legal steps in escalation of Bundesliga rights dispute
The row between the DFL and its incumbent broadcaster DAZN has escalated after the latter vowed to take legal action over the Bundesliga domestic tender, prompting a fiery response from the league.
Canadian breakthrough for Amazon in NHL deal with Rogers
The NHL has its first streaming only deal in Canada after Amazon reached a two-year rights deal with Rogers Communications to air Monday night games.
Net Insight awarded €1m contract to aid Danish Superliga remote production
Sweden-based firm Net Insight has been awarded a contract to provide broadcast technology and services to Matchday Production, the new joint venture host broadcast company for the Danish Superliga
DAZN looks to flagship WTA, Fiba events in Mena to stir broadcast interest
Rights sales processes are being issued in Mena for WTA Tour and Fiba basketball, SportBusiness understands, as DAZN’s Broadcast Partnerships arm seeks to maximise the impact of major events in the region and end the Tour blackout.
Ex-DAZN rights EVP Walker consulting Commercial Sports Media
Sports media rights executive Stew Walker has been recruited by Commercial Sports Media (CSM) as a consultant to work in the UK market
Football, Olympics rights executive Fratellia leaves EBU after 17 years
Pascal Fratellia, the European Broadcasting Union’s director of Olympics and head of football rights for close to 15 years, is leaving the free-to-air broadcasting consortium.
Viaplay rights sublicensing alleviates price burden on subscribers, distributors
Viaplay’s sublicensing of sports rights and non-sports content helped to generate close to six-per-cent organic growth in its core markets during the first quarter as the broadcaster recognises that i…
Viaplay set for crucial F1 rights hold in Dutch market
Viaplay is closing in on the renewal of its key Formula 1 rights in the Netherlands in a deal that would help to alleviate doubts over its future in the Dutch market following a wider international retreat.
Skweek’s seven-year French basketball deal axed amid L’Équipe production row
Skweek’s sublicensing deal for France’s LNB Pro A has collapsed amid a dispute with the production arm of L’Équipe, increasing the scrutiny over the future of the basketball streaming platform’s short-te…
Bundesliga domestic tender derailed by DAZN allegations
The domestic Bundesliga rights sales process has ground to a halt after DAZN, one of the bidders, accused the league of violating competition laws by not accepting its offer