Canal+ is taking legal action to protest against the decision by the French football league LFP to initiate a partial re-tender over the 2020-2024 football TV rights. Canal+ says this new auction, due to end on February 1st, is an anti-competitive move. Following the cancellation of Mediapro’s deal in December 2020, LFP’s tender process is […]
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has signed a three-year deal with Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN) to show all of Pakistan’s home international games as well as the Pakistan Super League (PSL). The upcoming season of the PSL is scheduled to start on February 20th with the match between Karachi Kings and Quetta Gladiators. PCB […]
Channel 4 has acquired dramedy Ramy from Lionsgate Television, with season one launching on February 5th on Channel 4 and episodes then available on All 4. Golden Globe winner and comedian Ramy Youssef stars in the titular role as a millennial Egyptian American on a spiritual journey, caught between the two cultures of his politically […]
Eleven Belgium has agreed a multi-year rights extension with the UFC. The coverage gets underway with UFC 257: Poirier vs McGregor 2 on January 23rd. The bout sees Conor McGregor return to the Octagon after a year away. Viewers will be able to enjoy all the action from UFC as well as Cage Warriors with […]
Sky has announced that A Boy Called Christmas will join their 2021 original film line-up. Acquired from STUDIOCANAL, exclusively for the UK & Ireland, the film – based on the book by Matt Haig – will be released on Sky Cinema and NOW TV this Christmas. as well as in cinemas. Co-written and directed by […]
Movistar+, Spanish telco Telefónica’s entertainment platform and sports streaming platform DAZN have reached an agreement that will offer more sports content to their customers. The agreement will see DAZN distributed through new channels on Movistar+. In addition, DAZN has acquired the exclusive exploitation rights to the Formula 1 World Championship for the next three years, […]
Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group), the Nordic streaming company, will show live UEFA Champions League football on its Viaplay streaming service in Iceland from the 2021/2022 season. The new three-year agreement sees NENT Group share the Champions League rights with Icelandic broadcaster Sýn and will bring Europe’s premier club tournament to Viaplay viewers in Iceland […]
French professional football league LFP has partially agreed to Canal+’s request that there be a fresh bidding round for 2020-2024 rights and has initiated a tender process covering 80 per cent of Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 matches, following the cancellation of Mediapro’s deal in December 2020. This excludes the batch acquired by beIN Sports […]
Eurosport has secured a raft of rights to world-class Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) events from the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). The agreement incorporates some of the UCI’s blue-chip events including the UCI Road World Championship, UCI Track Cycling World Championship, UCI Mountain Biking World Championship, BMX World Championship, Urban Cycling World Championship, Cyclo-Cross World Championship […]
Italian broadcasting group Mediaset has acquired the streaming rights for 104 matches from the UEFA Champions League during the 2021-2024 seasons. According to Italian news agency Radicor, Sky Italia and Mediaset have snatched up the most important Italian TV rights packages for Europe’s premier football competition. Besides the streaming rights, Mediaset also obtained the exclusive […]