RTÉ retains Champions League rights in Ireland
Irish public-service broadcaster RTÉ has finalised the extension of its rights to the Uefa Champions League for the 2021-24 cycle.
L’Équipe boosts live broadcast capacity with online platform launch
L’Équipe, the French media and publishing group, has launched an online video platform that raises its capacity to exploit its live sports rights portfolio.
Sports Media Venture to distribute rights to inaugural European Para Championships
Boutique media-rights agency Sports Media Venture has been appointed global media-rights distributor for the inaugural European Para Championships in 2023, and also for the following edition in 2027
Ziggo ‘loses rights’ to NBA
Dutch pay-television broadcaster Ziggo Sport has reportedly lost its National Basketball Association broadcast rights from next season
BBC, ITV strike provisional four-year Six Nations renewal agreement
UK free-to-air broadcasters the BBC and ITV have reached an agreement in principle with Six Nations Rugby on a four-year renewal of their domestic media rights to the competition
LFP ‘targets €10 to €11-per-month price point’ for proposed in-house channel
The French Professional Football League (LFP) is said to be targeting a price point of between €10 ($12.1
LFP ‘considers’ in-house channel launch, Mediapro makes Orange legal claim
The French Professional Football League (LFP) is said to be considering launching its own channel to exploit 80 per cent of Ligue 1 matches from next season, with the remaining matches shown by incumbent…
Premier League votes to roll over domestic rights deals after government green light
The English Premier League has voted to roll over its existing domestic broadcast deals into the 2022-25 cycle after receiving approval in principle from the UK government to sidestep its usual tender…
RMC Sport to show Champions League final free-to-air on RMC Story
French pay-television broadcaster RMC Sport will show this season’s Uefa Champions League final on its unencrypted RMC Story channel.
BT, RFU finalise deal for climax to women’s Premier 15s
Telco BT and the Rugby Football Union have finalised a domestic broadcast deal for the climax to this season’s Premier 15s, the English women’s top-tier rugby union competition.