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Online retail giant Amazon has agreed a deal for French telecoms operator Free to carry its Ligue 1 football coverage during the 2021-22 season, which gets underway tonight
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Sky Deutschland, the German pay-television broadcaster, will offer live Tuesday evening Uefa Champions League coverage in its Sky Sportsbars across Germany after reaching an agreement with Amazon, the…
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The UK government has approved the English Premier League’s rolling over of its current broadcast deals with Sky Sports, BT Sport, Amazon Prime and BBC Sport for another three years.
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Canadian public-service broadcaster CBC has struck an agreement for Amazon Prime Video, the OTT subscription platform of internet retail giant Amazon, to show its coverage of the summer Olympic Games in…
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Internet giant Amazon has not approached pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports to acquire the latter’s package of Ligue 1 rights, according to the retailer’s head of sports rights acquisitions, Alex Gre…
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The row over the value of broadcast rights to French football’s Ligue 1 shows no signs of abating just weeks before the new season begins, after pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus signalled its intention t…
Rugby Union
Sponsorship & Marketing

US technology company Amazon is in talks with New Zealand Rugby to become the new main shirt sponsor of the All Blacks, according to reports
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NBCUniversal's streaming service Peacock will significantly expand its reach after securing distribution with Amazon’s Fire TV set-tops and Fire tablet devices from June 24.
Football
Host Broadcast & Production

Host Broadcast Services, the Infront-owned broadcast production entity, is said to be close to being appointed to a host broadcast contract for French football matches shown by Amazon, the online retail…
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The president of the French Professional Football League (LFP) has called on pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus to show “common sense” after the latter decided to cease coverage of Ligue 1 matches in …
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Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has yet to decide on a response to Canal Plus’ insistence that it will no longer show Ligue 1 matches after the decision by the French Professional Football League (…
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Brazilian media group Globo has agreed a deal for its Premiere pay-per-view service to be made available to Amazon Prime Video subscribers. A subscription for Premiere will cost R$79.90 (€12.91/$15.6
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Maxime Saada, chief executive of Canal Plus, has said the French pay-television broadcaster will stand firm after pulling out of its agreement to broadcast Ligue 1 football matches following the award…
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Online retail giant Amazon has established a stronger foothold in the French marketplace by landing a package of domestic rights to eight Ligue 1 matches per week across the next three seasons after submitting…
Football
Licensing & Merchandising

Concacaf has struck a strategic alliance with global e-commerce giant Amazon to sell official products of its main competitions, including the Gold Cup, Nations League, and Scotiabank Concacaf Champions …
Football
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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…
Basketball
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Tech giant Amazon has expanded its sports streaming portfolio in a multiyear partnership with the Women’s National Basketball Association, which gives Prime Video exclusive global streaming rights to 16…
Football
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Crystal Palace will feature in a new Amazon Prime Video docuseries that will chart the rise of the Premier League club from administration in 2010 to promotion to the top flight in 2013