Media
Bolsonaro approves Brazilian football rights bill
Brazilian football has officially entered into a new era as President Jair Bolsonaro signed off on a bill that significantly revamps the broadcast rights marketplace
Instat TV set for Polish launch on back of basketball rights deals
OTT streaming platform InStat TV is to break into the Polish market this week after securing rights to two domestic basketball competitions
EFL launches TikTok channel
The English Football League has launched a channel on short-form video platform TikTok
Merging M6 and TF1 handed deadline for six-year Uefa national team rights bids
M6 and TF1, the French commercial broadcasters in the process of merging their activities, must lodge their offers for broadcast rights to France’s national team qualifying matches, along with the Uefa E…
Premiership Rugby outlines Pitch-aided international distribution, including Stan Sport deal
Stan Sport, the streaming service of Australian media group Nine Entertainment, has acquired rights to the English Premiership rugby union club competition
Norway’s Amedia and Sweden’s Bonnier pick up Ligue 1 rights
Norwegian media group Amedia and its Swedish counterpart Bonnier have acquired broadcast rights to French football’s Ligue 1.
FMA continues AFC rights sales drive with M Plus deal in Macau
Online streaming broadcaster M Plus has acquired rights in Macau to competitions organised by the Asian Football Confederation
ICC.tv to stream Australia matches in parts of Europe, Southeast Asia
The International Cricket Council has agreed a deal with Cricket Australia which will see the world governing body for cricket stream Australia's forthcoming summer matches in some markets in Europe and…
Eurovision Sport, IMG ensure ‘widespread’ UCI Road World Championships distribution
Eurovision Sport, the sports arm of the European Broadcasting Union consortium, and the IMG agency have unveiled “widespread” international distribution for the 2021 UCI Road World Championships, which beg…
Fox Sports secures Serie B rights in US via Helbiz Media distribution deal
Lega Serie B will be broadcast for the first time in the United States following a distribution deal between Helbiz Media, the Italian league's exclusive global rights distributor, and Fox Networks Group
IndyCar secures record 14 races on main NBC network in 2022 season
The 2022 NTT IndyCar Series schedule includes a record 14 of its 17 races airing domestically on the main NBC network, one more than previously announced in July
Joymo teams up with Sport:80 to drive live streaming for sports bodies
Oslo-based live sports streaming platform Joymo has signed a strategic alliance with sport management technology provider Sport:80
L’Équipe acquires rights to Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana
French digital terrestrial broadcaster L’Équipe has acquired rights to the finals of Latin American football competitions the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana.
Optus lands rights to Uefa Women’s World Cup qualifiers
Telco Optus has acquired exclusive rights in Australia to select European qualification matches for the 2023 Fifa Women’s World Cup.
New Zealand abandon Pakistan tour due to security concerns
The New Zealand's men's cricket team has abandoned its tour of Pakistan just minutes before the start of the first match, citing security concerns
Tottenham expands Korean presence with skySports deal
English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur has agreed a deal for skySports to become the exclusive Korean broadcast partner for its weekly highlights programme
Francini: PE poses threat to agencies, but it won’t make them irrelevant
Ioris Francini, the former co-president of WME IMG, current chairman of IMG Media and now specialist commercial advisor to the sports industry, gives his take on the shifting dynamics in rights brokerage and distribution and the spate of private equity deals sweeping through sport. Ben Cronin reports.