Sports Rights
Business
Serie A sets deadline for Mediapro deal
€1.3 billion deal to be reviewed by the league’s 20 clubs
Features
Summer of Sport podcast: Eurovision Sport
TVBEurope launches Summer of Sport podcast, in association with Lawo
TVBEverywhere
Premier Sports secures Arsenal’s pre-season matches
Available on Sky and Virgin as well as OTT platform Premier Player
Business
Discovery appoints Andrew Georgiou to oversee sport
Named president of Eurosport and Global Sports Rights and Sports Marketing Solutions
TVBEverywhere
Netflix’s Sarandos insists no plans to introduce advertising, or sport
Both are "not core to the proposition" of the streamer
Features
This month in sport broadcasting…
Featuring news from UEFA, Wimbledon and the Women's World Cup
Business
DAZN lands Africa Cup of Nations, CONCACAF Gold Cup rights
Exclusive broadcast deal covers Germany, Austria and Brazil
Business
EFL to review TV negotiation process
Report commissioned following EFL's controversial Sky deal
Content
Amazon Prime Video confirms WTA deal
Amazon will stream a minimum of 49 WTA tournaments a year from 2020
Business
Amazon Prime Video ‘wins women’s tennis rights’
Reports suggest Amazon in Germany bid for Wimbledon rights but was rejected
Business
Eleven Sports wins Copa del Rey final rights
Secured rights for Belgium, Luxembourg, Portugal, Poland and Taiwan
Business
W Series seeks global broadcast deals
The women's motorsport series has appointed Pitch International to sell rights
Business
France Télévisions sub-licenses Olympic rights from Discovery
Follows Discovery’s long-term partnership with IOC
Business
TF1 to exclusively broadcast Rugby World Cup in France
Reportedly invested €45-50 million for Rugby World Cup and FIFA Women's World Cup rights
TVBEverywhere
Amazon Prime Video aims to ace tennis coverage in 2019
Streamer hasn't said whether it has addressed the latency issues seen during its coverage of the 2018 US Open
TVBEverywhere
Premier League ‘planning to launch its own Netflix for live football’
Premier League is currently looking at ways to increase its revenue after the price for domestic rights fell during the last auction
Business
Eleven Sports in talks with Portuguese TV operators
Reportedly in talks with Meo, Nos and Vodafone to broadcast its premium sports channels
Content
Mediapro will launch 2022 World Cup channel
Broadcaster plans to air every game from the tournament
TVBEverywhere
2019 will be a ‘tipping point’ for the global sports industry
New report says digital technology innovation will bring in a new era of growth for broadcasters, rights holders and sports organisations
TVBEverywhere
La Liga 1|2|3 matches made available on YouTube
Second division games can now be watched for free in over 155 countries
Business
IMG takes the Premier League to new heights
Matches will be available to watch on certain airlines in new three year deal
Content
BBC ‘in talks’ with MLB to air London fixtures
New York Yankees are due to play Boston Red Sox next June
Business
Sky Sports scores Ladbrokes Premiership deal
The broadcaster has secured a new agreement with the Scottish Professional Football League
Business
FIFA and EBU extend “other FIFA events” agreement
New agreement covers the broadcasting of 13 FIFA events in 38 territories over the next four years
Content
Eurosport France nets multi-year deal for ATP tennis
Broadcaster secures rights to 37 ATP World Tour tournaments a year
Business
Scottish Football League in talks with streamers over rights deals
Organisation reportedly in talks with Eleven Sports, as well as Amazon and Facebook
TVBEverywhere
Wimbledon admits to two years of talks with Amazon
All England Club stressed 90-year relationship with the BBC remains "hugely significant and valued"
Content
Eleven Sports acquires UFC rights for UK and Ireland
Multi-year deal includes all 42 live UFC events in 2019, as well as over 150 hours of UFC original and archive programming
Content
Sky Deutschland secures Ryder Cup rights for next two tournaments
Broadcaster signs deal with the European Tour covering 40 tournaments
Content
Sky, Channel 4 announce Formula 1 deal
Deal means only one Grand Prix will be shown live on free-to-air TV during 2019 season
Business
EBU and European Athletics renew broadcast rights deal to 2027
Deal covers worldwide broadcast rights and services provided from Eurovision Media Services
Business
Mediaset scores Euro 2020 rights
Deal also includes 80 matches featuring foreign national teams
Content
Parliament to discuss FIFA World Cup broadcasting rights
Labour MP John Grogan to raise topic of sporting listed events
Business
La Liga sells rights for €3.14 billion
League has provisionally announced four of its eight packages
Business
“Focusing too much on delivering live can be detrimental”
A MediaTech 360 panel considers what the future holds for OTT broadcasters and sports rights
Content
Amazon Prime serves up first tennis coverage
Coverage of Queen's Club championships begins today
Business
DAZN secures exclusive Serie A rights
On-demand and streaming service secured multi-platform rights for next three years
Features
FIFA World Cup 2026: It’s a bidding process of two halves
Forget this year's event, Brian Morris, general manager and vice president, Media & Entertainment, Tata Communications, is already planning ahead
Business
Discovery signs $2 billion deal for PGA Tour rights
Deal is for non-US rights and runs for 12 years