Amazon and Universal Tennis have announced a media rights deal and investment, which will see the two companies work together to drive positive, innovative changes to the sport of tennis. As part of the agreement, Prime Video will become the home of the UTR Pro Tennis Tour (PTT) events. Launched in 2021, the PTT completed […]
StarHub has secured the rights to air the upcoming 2022 FIA Formula One World Championship. All StarHub Sports+ and Sports Pass subscribers can watch all races live at no extra cost, when the season commences on March 18th with the Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix at the Bahrain International Circuit. Following a successful […]
SPORT1+ has added NRL rugby to its lineup. The new season of the Australian NRL Telstra Premiership, which starts on March 10th, will usually be covered by three live broadcasts on each matchday. In addition to the regular season, the Finals Series and the Grand Final at the beginning of October will also be shown […]
The official new global padel tour – governed by the International Padel Federation (FIP) and backed by the Professional Players Association (PPA) and Qatar Sports Investments (QSI) – has announced a broadcasting deal, with ESPN revealed as the Official tour’s broadcast partner in LatAm, covering South America, Central America, Mexico and Caribbean. The Disney-owned broadcaster […]
Beyond Rights has secured new deals with five Italian broadcasters, resulting in 518 hours being placed in the territory. La7 has acquired the topical documentary The Prince and the Paedophile (1 x 60), BriteSpark Films’ investigation into the friendship between Prince Andrew and American multi-millionaire Jeffrey Epstein. As well as documenting their relationship, it also […]
ITV has signed an agreement with WarnerMedia International Television Distribution which will make the UK content network the exclusive free-to-air home of programmes including the The Sex Lives of College Girls, a comedy series created by Mindy Kaling and Justin Noble. The first season will have its UK premiere exclusively on ITV Hub and ITV2 […]
Level has successfully defended RDA Television’s (RDA) right to terminate its Media Rights Agreement with European Professional Club Rugby (ECPR). EPCR is the organiser of the European Rugby Champions Cup and the European Rugby Challenge Cup. RDA had originally signed an agreement with EPCR on May 11th 2018 to cover the next four seasons, until […]
Extreme E, the electric off-road racing series, has signed an agreement with TV3 Group – the media group in the Baltics – to broadcast its full 2022 season. TV3 Sport channels with local commentaries will air all 5 X Prix live and in full as well as race highlights, magazine, preview and review shows in […]
beIN Media Group and World Athletics have agreed a new deal for the broadcast of all World Athletics events, including the 2022 and 2023 World Athletics Championships in Oregon and Budapest respectively, across 24 countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) in a 2-year deal. The World Athletics Championships Oregon 2022 gets under […]
Turner Sports, a division of WarnerMedia, and the US Soccer Federation have reached an eight-year multimedia rights agreement that will make TNT/TBS and HBO Max the exclusive English-language home to more than 20 Women’s and Men’s National Team matches each year. The deal is worth a reported £200 million (€180.1m) and marks WarnerMedia’s first foray […]