With fellow Premier League rightsholder Sky having announced its initial coverage plans, BT Sport has revealed its intentions to cover 20 of the remaining 92 games required to complete the interrupted season, although it has not yet identified those matches. “We’re delighted to see the provisional plan to restart the Premier League next month,” said […]
The Austrian Football Association, Hogmore Media, and beIN Media Group have announced an international media rights agreement that will see beIN Sports exclusively broadcast Austria’s UNIQA ÖFB Cup Final – the first domestic cup final played behind closed doors after the global lockdown due to the coronavirus crisis – in multiple territories across the world. […]
Live sports continues its return to the screens of millions of fans across Europe with snooker’s Championship League – one of the first events on UK soil since the pause in live action – set to air exclusively on Eurosport and Eurosport Player (excluding UK, where it will air on ITV4). The tournament, taking place […]
Nova, a provider of bundled home entertainment and communication services in Greece, has signed an exclusive first run agreement with StudioCanal, the European player in production, distribution and international sales of feature films and TV series. StudioCanal is actively developing and distributing high-end TV series through its network of award-winning European production companies and partners. […]
ESPN has reached an agreement with Eclat Media Group to exclusively televise baseball from South Korea’s KBO League throughout Canada, Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean (including the Dominican Republic), Europe, Middle East, Africa, and parts of Asia. Un-Chan Chung, Commissioner of the Korea Baseball Organization, said: “I am pleased that the KBO league will be […]
World War II drama Greyhound, starring and written by Tom Hanks, is set to premiere on the Apple TV+ streaming platform. The movie was originally scheduled for a June 21st premiere by Sony Pictures, but with cinemas still shuttered around the globe, Apple has reportedly paid Sony $70 million for 15 years of streaming rights […]
Orange Spain and Mediapro Studios have signed an agreement to jointly acquire TV content and movies to distribute on an exclusive basis through the Orange pay-TV platform. It is a similar deal to the recent agreement between Movistar and Atresmedia who agreed to set up a joint TV production company to share and distribute content. […]
Following the resumption of Bundesliga football last weekend, DAZN has extended its partnership with the DFL to show multiple live matches from the competition on the sports streaming service in Germany and Switzerland, until the end of the season. Thomas de Buhr, Executive Vice President DAZN DACH, commented: “We look forward to continuing to present […]
Nova, a provider of bundled home entertainment and communication services in Greece, has renewed its agreement with Discovery. The agreement renewal ensures that Nova subscribers will continue to have access to popular channels from Discovery’s portfolio including Eurosport 1, Eurosport 1 HD, Eurosport 2, Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, Discovery Showcase HD and Travel Channel. At […]
SPI/FilmBox and globally distributed multi-platform media company Red Bull Media House have signed their second content acquisition deal for FunBox UHD, SPI’s general entertainment channel which presents content devoted to nature, travel and lifestyle in native Ultra HD. The deal grants SPI both the broadcast rights to the series Culinary Heights at Ikarus on their […]