The Saudi Pro League (SPL) has extended its agreement with global sports marketing agency, IMG, to distribute the international media rights for the Roshn Saudi League (RSL) for the next four years. Since IMG started representing the league’s media rights in 2023, RSL distribution has grown significantly, with last season’s matches being aired in more […]
Spending on US sports rights has surged 122 per cent over the past decade according to insight from Ampere Analysis. Over the same period, total TV industry revenues increased by just 24 per cent, meaning investment in rights has grown five times faster than the broader market. Sports rights now account for 14 per cent […]
Mercado Libre, an e-commerce and payments technology company in Latin America, and La Liga – Spain’s professional football league – have confirmed the incorporation of the Spanish competition into the Mercado Libre Anti-Counterfeiting Alliance (MACA). This strategic alliance seeks to strengthen the protection of audiovisual rights in the region and fight audiovisual fraud, particularly online […]
DAZN, the sports streaming platform, has acquired live rights to a range of US college football and basketball content through a multi-year sub-licensing agreement with ESPN. The content will be available to all DAZN users in selected territories in Europe and MENA free-to-view for a limited time. From the 2025 season, fans in the aforementioned […]
ZDF Studios and Disney+ have signed a multi-year licensing agreement that will bring thousands of hours of German-produced TV series and films to Disney+. From August 27th, this collaboration will bring Disney+ customers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland (DACH) a curated collection of content branded ‘ZDF Films and Series’, included in their subscription. By the […]
Netflix has announced that it will become the new home of the 2026 World Baseball Classic in Japan, as part of an exclusive media rights partnership with World Baseball Classic, Inc. (WBCI), an organisation that is owned by Major League Baseball (MLB) and jointly operates the World Baseball Classic tournament with the MLB Players Association. […]
Germany’s top-flight football league, Bundesliga, and DAZN, the sports streaming platform, have extended their partnership in Canada for an additional two years. The renewed agreement coincides with the start of the new Bundesliga season. DAZN subscribers gain access to every Bundesliga match, as well as top-tier Bundesliga 2 content. All matches and highlights will be […]
Top flight football from Germany’s Bundesliga will be available to football fans throughout the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, following the announcement of a three-year partnership with MBC Group. The deal, which begins immediately, ensures that the millions of German football fans across the region can watch Bundesliga matches without restriction, starting with […]
Argentine justice has struck a decisive blow against audiovisual piracy in Latin America by arresting the founder of the website Al Angulo TV for the illegal broadcasting of national and international football matches and high-profile sporting events such as Formula 1 and La Liga football. The arrest took place after a police raid at the […]
DAZN, the sports streaming platform, has secured the global rights to build a Roshn Saudi League hub on the DAZN platform for the next two seasons, expanding its portfolio of free football content available to fans globally. DAZN will feature a range of Saudi League highlights in English for the 2025/26 and 2026/27 seasons, available […]