Inside Edge named global sponsorship sales agency for 2023 Cycling Worlds
Organisers of the 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships, which will be held in Glasgow and across Scotland, have appointed Inside Edge, the UK-based sponsorship agency and consultancy, to sell sponsorship…
French rugby’s Top 14 follows LFP by launching domestic rights tender
The executive board of France’s Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR) has approved the issuing of a domestic broadcast rights auction for the top-tier Top 14 in a sales process launched in the same week as t…
IMG doubles down on Sport 24 business in long-term Panasonic deal
IMG has re-committed to Sport 24, its in-flight and in-ship channel business, in a long-term extension to its agreement with Panasonic Avionics Corporation, a subsidiary of electronics giant Panasonic,…
TVP agrees ‘compromise’ deal with Sportfive for Handball World Championship rights
A broadcast rights deal has been negotiated in Poland for the ongoing IHF World Men’s Handball Championship after TVP, the country’s public broadcaster, and the Sportfive agency had been unable to str…
Sky Sports’ former F1 head Turner to produce PTO’s Collins Cup coverage
The Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO), the not-for-profit entity that represents the body of professional triathletes, has recruited experienced outside broadcast director and producer Martin…
LFP rights tender includes bank guarantee requirement, strict payment deadlines
The domestic broadcast rights invitation to tender issued last night by France’s Professional Football League (LFP) includes the requirement for a bank guarantee from bidders and a shareholder guarantee, w…
RMC Sport renews UFC commitment following lifting of broadcast ban
RMC Sport, the French subscription broadcaster owned by telco Altice, has signed a new rights deal for mixed martial arts’ Ultimate Fighting Championship in the wake of the lifting of the MMA broadcast b…
FAI signs SSE Airtricity double sponsorship, hunts national team lead sponsor
SSE Airtricity, the Irish energy supplier, has extended its title sponsorship of Ireland’s top-tier men’s league for two years and had also become the title sponsor of Ireland’s Women’s National League.
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LFP presses ahead with tender for Mediapro’s Ligue 1, Ligue 2 rights
France’s Professional Football League (LFP) has launched its invitation to tender for domestic broadcast rights for the remainder of the 2020-24 cycle after the collapse of its previous contract with a…
Uefa club rights on market in Oceania, ISOs issued in Czech Republic, Slovakia
Broadcasters in Australia and New Zealand have been asked to lodge their first-round bids for Uefa Champions League rights by the middle of next month following the launch of the sales process by the Team…