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Sky extends PGA Tour rights

Sky and the PGA Tour have agreed a four-year extension to their partnership in the UK and Ireland, through to the end of 2029. This follows recent extensions to rights agreements with The Masters, the Ladies European Tour, DP World Tour, USGA and Augusta National, resulting in Sky Sports remaining the exclusive home of all […]

December 22, 2025By Nik Roseveare

Radial Entertainment signs international FAST, AVoD deals

Radial Entertainment, the entertainment company operating FilmRise and Shout! Studios, has announced a global expansion with a new slate of partnerships. The company will distribute its FAST channels and AVoD content through strategic collaborations with VIDAA, Titan OS, and pocket.watch, while also licensing select Radial content to Creator Television for its FAST channels. Melissa Wohl, […]

December 22, 2025

Sony pays $630m for WildBrain’s Peanuts stake

WildBrain, a specialist in family entertainment, has signed a definitive agreement to sell its 41 per cent stake in Peanuts Holdings, the holding entity for the Peanuts IP, to Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) and Sony Pictures Entertainment for $630 million (€537.8m) cash. The family of Charles M. Schulz, creator of Peanuts, retain their 20 per cent […]

December 19, 2025

TNT Sports to broadcast Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Sport has confirmed that Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) has secured the exclusive UK live broadcast and digital media rights for the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games. TNT Sports will bring live coverage to viewers via a dedicated linear channel in the UK and Ireland. More than 600 hours of live coverage will be offered to […]

December 19, 2025

MoU boost for LatAm anti-piracy collaboration

The Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI) and the Motion Picture Association (MPA), together with anti-piracy coalition the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to bolster collaboration in the fight against illegal streaming and digital piracy across Latin America. The agreement strengthens the coordinated public–private enforcement framework. Under […]

December 19, 2025By Colin Mann

DACH region: DAZN extends international football deals

DAZN , the sports streaming platform, has extended its deals in Germany, Austria and Switzerland for the broadcasting rights for three key international football competitions: the UEFA Nations League, including the Nations League Finals, the European Qualifiers  for the UEFA Euro and the FIFA World Cup, as well as selected international friendlies . The current […]

December 19, 2025

More Disney+ content coming to ITVX

In July, The Walt Disney Company and ITV announced an initiative to carry a selection each other’s streaming content, billed as a ‘Taste of ITVX’ and a ‘Taste of Disney+’ respectively. The regularly refreshed selection of programmes include the following titles, available to stream in January, February and March 2026 as part of a ‘Taste […]

December 19, 2025

Sky Sports extends Masters rights

Sky Sports and Augusta National Golf Club have announced a new multi-year extension, keeping Sky Sports and NOW as the exclusive home of the Masters Tournament in the UK and Ireland. The renewed agreement will see almost 20 per cent more live coverage on Sky Sports across the week from Augusta National, including dedicated feeds […]

December 18, 2025By Nik Roseveare

YouTube snags The Oscars

YouTube has won the rights to host the Academy Awards starting in 2029. The Google-owned service outbid other offers, including from the longtime US home Disney’s ABC – which has been hosting the event since 1976. YouTube’s first show will be the 101st Oscars ceremony, and its deal will run through 2033, the Academy of […]

December 18, 2025

Beta Film closes European content deal with Canal+

Beta Film, the European independent film & television group, has secured a multi-territory licensing agreement with Canal+, bringing a selection of Beta’s European series to audiences across Europe, including Austria, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Belgium and the Netherlands, among others. The deal spans multiple windows and platforms across Canal+’s regional services. Key highlights […]

December 18, 2025