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S4C strikes BT deal to cover Welsh teams’ Challenge Cup campaigns
Welsh public-service channel S4C has struck a deal to show live coverage from this season’s Challenge Cup club rugby union competition.
ViàOccitanie acquires French top-tier rugby league rights
French local digital terrestrial broadcaster ViàOccitanie has acquired exclusive rights to the country’s top-tier rugby league competition, the Elite One Championship.
Lagardère to contest CAF cancellation of $1bn rights deal
Lagardère, the France-based conglomerate, has said it will contest the Confederation of African Football’s decision to cancel its global media and sponsorship rights agreement with the Lagardère Sports age…
XFL to gain international audience on ESPN Player
The rebooted XFL is gaining an international audience after ESPN announced that its ESPN Player platform will stream the start-up league's games to subscribers in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.
Mediapro offers €1.5m in bid to break Liga Iberdrola deadlock
Mediapro, the Spanish production and media rights group, has revealed details of a €1.5m ($1.6
NBC races off with US Ski & Snowboard rights renewal
NBC Sports Group has retained media rights in the US market to events that fall under the auspices of US Ski & Snowboard in a renewal that runs until the end of the 2021-22 season
Danish sports channel nets wider Canal Digital distribution
Canal Digital, the Danish pay-TV platform, has added Sport Live, a channel that focuses on smaller sports properties in Denmark, to its package structure
Twitch hires Nascar’s Garate to new sponsorship sales role
Online streaming platform Twitch has hired Lou Garate, a long-time executive with US motor-racing series Nascar, as its first global head of sponsorship sales
NBC Sports Washington expands Wizards’ betting-infused telecasts
NBC Sports Washington is expanding its betting-infused broadcasts of Washington Wizards games this season to a 20-game schedule which includes several modifications
NBA TV to offer new OTT delivery option
New direct-to-consumer option will arrive with set of enhanced viewing options for live NBA games
NBC’s Olympics production chief Bell to exit
Jim Bell has announced he will leave his role as president of the NBC Olympics Production and Programming division of NBCUniversal less than a year before the US media company prepares to cover the 2020…
DAZN ‘joins forces with Mediaset’ in latest Copa del Rey rights bidding
OTT sports streaming service DAZN has joined Mediaset’s bid for the three-season cycle for Spanish domestic knockout competition, the Copa del Rey, it has been reported.
Nine’s sport director Malone moves on to radio role
Australian free-to-air commercial broadcaster Nine has announced that its director of sport, Tom Malone, will move to a new role as managing director of radio
Sportdigital in Edgesport distribution deals with Sky and Waipu
German subscription broadcaster Sportdigital has launched action sports and lifestyle channel Edgesport in Germany, Austria and Switzerland after securing carriage deals with pay-television broadcaster…
Morgenbesser named Servus TV sports rights chief in latest Sky Deutschland exit
Servus TV, the Red Bull-owned free-to-air television network in Austria, has appointed David Morgenbesser, a sports rights executive at German pay-TV broadcaster Sky Deutschland, as its head of sports…
French free-to-air audience nears 1m for US Grand Prix
Sunday’s Formula One United States Grand Prix was watched by an average of 936,000 viewers on TMC, the French free-to-air digital terrestrial channel.
Dinnage, the EPL boss that never was, to leave Discovery in restructure
Susanna Dinnage, the Discovery executive who came close to replacing Richard Scudamore as chief executive of the Premier League, is stepping down as global president of the US media company’s Animal P…
Sportradar takes Max Muay Thai OTT, supports BetIndiana launch
Sports data and content company Sportradar has agreed an OTT partnership with Max World Sport, the company behind Thailand’s largest Muay Thai promotion, Max Muay Thai, as well as joining forces with USA…