The Spanish government will finance the transmission of the Tokyo Olympic Games through RTVE’s TV channels with a state subsidy of €60 million. With the funds, RTVE will acquire the TV rights to the Games from rights-holder Discovery, with an estimated cost of between €55 and €60 million. The president of RTVE, Rosa María Mateo, […]
A study by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and Chapman University, has found that in anti-piracy work, blocking websites is more effective when multiple sites are targeted. The study, The Effect of Piracy Website Blocking on Consumer Behavior, reported in an article in MIS Quarterly, examined the effectiveness of anti-piracy efforts in the United Kingdom […]
SiriusXM, the US pay-radio service, and Marvel have announced a multi-year agreement under which Marvel will create a substantial amount of exclusive podcasts for SiriusXM and Pandora. In Marvel’s biggest podcast deal to date the venture will include both scripted and unscripted series, themed live events, and more. SiriusXM and Pandora will also debut many […]
Under two new partnership agreements, Sky Sports Racing has acquired exclusive UK and Ireland broadcast rights for all races from Woodbine, Saratoga, Aqueduct and Belmont Park Racecourses. Belmont Stakes Day races are already contracted to Sky Sports Racing for exclusive broadcast in the UK by rights holder NBC Universal. Sky Sports Racing will bring high-quality […]
In a legal ruling likely to be be noted across the sports industry, the President of the Nanterre Commercial Court in France has ordered Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) – organiser of the Dakar Rally, Tour de France, the Paris Marathon amongst other events – specifically to perform its five year media rights exclusive agreement with […]
Netflix is raising another $2 billion (€1.79bn) in debt for the production, development and potential acquisitions of content. The streaming giant routinely raises debt to help grow its catalogue of original titles. Netflix also offered $2 billion in new debt back in April after issuing another round of notes several months earlier. The company is […]
The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), the global coalition dedicated to protecting the dynamic legal market for creative content and reducing online piracy, has confirmed the addition of Comcast and Viacom as members. While NBCUniversal and Paramount Pictures were already ACE members, the addition of their parent companies will strengthen ACE’s comprehensive approach to […]
Eurosport secured exclusive ATP Tour rights in a series of new multi-year deals covering the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia. The agreements, which commence in Romania and Hungary in 2020 and the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 2021, include 41 ATP Tour events in each of the four markets, reinforcing Eurosport’s commitment to serve […]
The National Basketball Association (NBA) and Tabcorp have announced a multi-year media partnership that will bring NBA TV – the league’s 24-hour television network – to Tabcorp’s Sky Channel in more than 4,400 TAB retail and entertainment venues across Australia. Separately, Tabcorp will become an authorised sports betting operator of the NBA in Australia and […]
IMMAF has signed a broadcast deal with Sports Channel Network (SCN) for the post-event highlights programme from the 2019 IMMAF World Championships which take place in Bahrain between November 11th and 16th. As well as showing the highlight programme, SCN, the free on-demand channel, will be using pre-recorded short form video content on social media […]