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Fight Network recruits consultant, Protocol Sports maintains boxing series
Fight Network, the international combat sports channel, has appointed Adrian Clark as a consultant as it seeks to develop new boxing programming and relaunch its mobile app to support growth on new platforms
BBC addresses sporting void with archive content plan
UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has today (Thursday) unveiled plans to provide an array of content to compensate for the lack of sporting action it would have televised due to Covid-19
Eleven Sports acquires DTM rights in Poland and Belgium, Kubica set to race
International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports has secured rights to the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM) touring cars series in Poland and Belgium
Mediaset receives share of €15m state funding to ease advertising woes
Mediaset has received a portion of a €15m ($16.4
WarnerMedia names Kilar as CEO
Executive was founding CEO of Hulu
Globo suspends Paulista state league rights payments
Brazilian commercial broadcaster Globo has suspended payments to Federação Paulista de Futebol, governing body of football in the state of São Paulo, due to the suspension of the Campeonato Paulista cl…
Indian Super League viewership rises
Television audiences for India's top football league, the Indian Super League, increased strongly in the 2019-20 season according to the Broadcast Audience Research Council
LFP dealt further blow as beIN suspends rights payments
Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has informed the French Professional League (LFP) that it is suspending its payments for Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 rights until the competitions resume
NBC Sports to broadcast IndyCar iRacing series
IndyCar is partnering with NBC Sports for the IndyCar iRacing Challenge, a new esports competition featuring a field of NTT Indycar Series drivers.
USL secures ESPN distribution for Rocket League competition
The United Soccer League has secured ESPN distribution for the new Rocket League esports competition it has created to help fill the void during the sports shutdown enforced by the Covid-19 pandemic.
AT&T, Spectrum end carriage conflict for SportsNet LA
Distribution deal reached after stalemate of more than six years
Deltatre launches new OTT user behaviour technology
Sports streaming technology company Deltatre has launched mtribes, a new software-as-a-service (SaaS) technology that will allow media outlets running a multi-platform digital or OTT service to identify…
Fox and Turner waive subscriber fees for Argentinian Superliga coverage
Fox Sports and Turner Broadcasting, the US-headquartered pay-television broadcasters and rights-holders of the Argentinian Superliga, have pledged to void subscribers’ April payments for its football p…
Hurting French sports leagues eye broadcaster tax relief
French sports leagues and federations will be hoping that a proposed tax relief system will soften the financial blow on broadcasters suffering from the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic and incentivise…
Mixed fortunes for Australian rights-holders amid Covid-19 crisis
The Covid-19 pandemic has hit Australia’s major sports with varying degrees of severity.
Covid-19 shuts New Zealand’s Radio Sport
Radio Sport, New Zealand's only dedicated sports radio station, has been shut down due to the Covid-19 pandemic
NBC, CBS to broadcast extra NFL Wild Card games after owners approve expanded playoffs
National Football League team owners have voted to approve the expansion of the league's playoffs from 12 to 14 teams for the 2020 season
DAZN defers rights fee payments and furloughs staff
DAZN, the global sports subscription service, has begun to inform sports rights-holders that it will not make its next rights fee payments for any content that has yet to be delivered, SportBusiness understands