The Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF) is the latest sports organisation to accuse beoutQ of blatant piracy. The CAF licenses its games only to Qatar’s beIN Sports, but that doesn’t seem to create a headache for Saudi Arabia’s piracy operation beoutQ which has telecast the 2019 Total Africa Cup tournament. CAF said that all 36 […]
Premier Sports, the UK sports broadcaster, will have exclusive live coverage of every Arsenal preseason fixture as the Gunners gear up for the 2019/2020 Premier League season. Arsenal begin their US tour versus MLS side Colorado Rapids on July 16th. Arsenal will then take part in the International Champions Cup against German giants Bayern Munich, […]
Sky and pop culture brand E! Entertainment Television has acquired Seasons One and Two of Temptation Island from Banijay Rights, for the UK and Ireland. Hosted by Mark L. Walberg and produced by Banijay Studios North America, the hit US series will follow four dating couples who test the strength of their relationships as they […]
Sky will make the ICC Cricket World Cup final available on free-to-air television should England make it to the showpiece event at Lord’s on Sunday July 14th. Such a prospect had been raised by a number of cricketing figures, including members of the England team. England beat New Zealand to secure a place in the […]
The Stewards of Henley Royal Regatta have announced a renewed agreement with BT Sport which will see live and exclusive television coverage of the Regatta continue in the UK for 2019 and 2020, to complement the ongoing live streaming of the event around the world on YouTube. This agreement, which extends the partnership to a […]
DAZN, the sport streaming service, has secured the exclusive broadcast rights for the CONMEBOL Libertadores, CONMEBOL Sudamericana and CONMEBOL Recopa in five markets; Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy and Spain. The four-year deal will cover the upcoming seasons from 2019-2022. Starting on July 23rd, DAZN will stream the knockout phase of South America’s most prestigious club […]
Santockh Singh Chahal and John Hart, licensees of The Chesterfield, Newcastle Upon Tyne in the northeast of England, have been convicted in their absence of eight offences each for dishonest reception of a television transmission, in this case, Sky televised football matches, with the intent to avoid payment of the applicable charge. Sky Sports is […]
Eleven Sports, and Portuguese TV operator, TVI, have announced the extension of a free-to-air (FTA) carriage agreement for the UEFA Champions League in Portugal for the 2019/20 and 2020/21 seasons. The extended partnership means TVI will continue to show one game per match-week featuring a Portuguese team for the next two seasons. TVI will also […]
Spanish TV group Mediapro has made a bid of €1.15 billion for the TV rights to Italian Serie A football for the 2021-2024 period, according to La Gazzetta dello Sport. The Spanish TV company regards Italian Football rights as a strategic necessity, and so has increased its initial offer by €100 million. Mediapro plans to […]
In advance of the theatrical release of Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw, the first stand-alone vehicle in the Fast & Furious franchise, which features Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham reprising their roles as Luke Hobbs and Deckard Shaw, Universal Pictures has teamed up with The pro-copyright education body The Industry Trust for IP Awareness’s ‘Moments Worth […]